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Faith and Money, Great topic! It started, like most stories do, over coffee. The kind that comes in a heavy white mug, sitting on a diner counter somewhere between hope and habit. I was talking with a man who called himself a social media expert. You know the type. Smooth talk, big promises, and a laptop full of tricks to make dreams “go viral.”
He told me he could take Faith and Good Courage to the next level. “You’re sitting on gold,” he said, tapping his phone like he was unlocking heaven itself. “You just need to monetize it.”
Then came the parade of platforms. Patreon, GoFundMe, Kickstarter, Indiegogo. “You can build a club,” he said, “exclusive content for paying subscribers. People will line up to give you money. All you need is the right language. I’ll even write it for you.”
I listened, stirred my coffee, and waited for a pause that never came. Twenty minutes in, I finally looked at him and said, “Friend, I’m already successful.”
Faith and Money Aren’t the Same Thing
That look on his face said everything. Whatever social media sales book he’d memorized, it didn’t prepare him for that answer. I told him something that didn’t fit in his marketing deck, and he had no comeback.
Maybe he didn’t expect to run into someone who’s been in sales and marketing for some fifty years, someone who lived thru the Napoleon Hill, Zig Zigler and Michael Bosworth “Never Lose The Sale” seminars… He just sat there, silent for once, listening from what I like to call… the diner pew! Time to hear a different kind of gospel, the one where faith and money don’t compete. I told him I was already rich in the ways that count, and for the first time all morning, he stopped trying to sell and started to listen.
Faith and Good Courage isn’t a business plan, it’s a calling. I don’t need to pay for followers or chase algorithms to prove the message has worth. When Google trusts your work enough to index new pages within two hours, that’s not SEO magic. That’s authenticity doing what money can’t buy. Faith and money may cross paths now and then, but one saves your wallet and the other saves your soul.
He blinked like I’d started speaking in another language. Because in his world, success has a price tag. You buy your way to the top. You push, pay, promote, and pray the clicks turn into cash. But I’m not selling soda or sneakers. I’m sharing stories. Stories about grace, healing, detours, and the kind of kindness that doesn’t come with a receipt.
The Currency That Actually Works
Money’s not evil. It just has terrible aim. It buys convenience, but not connection. It can pay for airtime, but not meaning. Faith runs on something different. It runs on showing up, being grateful, and believing that one story told from the heart can reach further than any ad campaign. When you understand faith and money aren’t competing, you start to see which one actually feeds you.
That’s why I never wanted Faith and Good Courage to become a pay-to-enter club. I don’t want someone to wonder if the next story costs extra. This whole project runs on grace and grit. If someone sends a Venmo gift for gas or coffee, I’m deeply grateful. But the stories will go on even if the tank runs dry and the mug is empty. That’s what faith looks like in practice.
Homegrown, Honest, and Free
Every word on this site is organic, home-grown, and rooted in love. No paid boosts, no keyword stuffing, no borrowed followers. Just one person on the road with a camera, a microphone, and a mission to remind people that hope still pulls over for strangers.
When the expert said, “You could make real money with this,” I smiled. Because I already am. The returns just don’t come with dollar signs. They come in messages from strangers who found peace at a diner counter. They come from someone who says, “I needed this today.” That’s my profit margin. That’s faith and money working in their proper places, one for the bills, the other for the soul.
Sometimes when I finish my coffee, I write a note on a diner napkin and leave it tucked under the sugar bowl. Nothing fancy, just a few words like, “I hope your day is as beautiful as you are,” or, “Look how far you’ve come… keep going.” I don’t sign it, don’t leave a card, a hashtag, or a web address. Just the note. Because that’s what faith and money can never buy… the simple act of kindness with no receipt, no name attached, no need for credit. I like to imagine someone finding it when they need it most, smiling for no reason, and feeling seen. That thought moves me more than any payment ever could.
✨ Roadside Reflection:
Maybe success isn’t about climbing to the top, it’s about staying true at the bottom. Maybe real wealth is found in the quiet moments when faith whispers, “Keep going.” I don’t need a membership plan or a marketing funnel. What I have is enough. Faith, courage, gratefulness, and love. Those are the four words that keep this whole thing moving.
I didn’t fall from grace, I just took a detour. And somewhere along Route 66, God handed me the keys again and said, “Drive, heal, and tell them what I’ve done for you.” That’s not a slogan, it’s a heartbeat. It’s why the camera stays on, the stories keep coming, and the wheels keep turning. Because this isn’t about clicks, it’s about connection. It’s about the old man who leaves a heart on a post because it reminded him he’s still seen. It’s about the woman who writes to say she’s not alone anymore. It’s about someone sitting in their car before work, listening to a story that gives them the courage to walk back inside and try again.
That’s why I do this. Not for money, not for rank, but for those little roadside miracles that can’t be counted in followers or dollars. I believe in this project because it believes in people. And if all this ever does is help one weary traveler find hope again, then I’ve already been paid in full.
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