Faith Collides

Peter Irvine grew up doing what he needed to do to make ends meet. Peter’s father had several odd jobs performing blue-collar work while his mother stayed at home. At 14 years old, Peter started working at an advertising agency because his family expected him to contribute to the household income, and Peter viewed his job as a something he had to do to pay the bills. But as Peter got older, his understanding of his faith grew, which he says challenged him to do his work better. In this episode, Peter shares how he began to apply Biblical principles to his role as National Media Director, how his church Hillsong encouraged him to have more vision in the workplace, and how his small group leader Nabi Saleh told him about the opportunity at Gloria Jean’s. Peter shares how the original Gloria Jean’s concept, a coffee chain that started in the US in 1979, needed to be tailored for the Australian market. It was a difficult start opening up the first stores, but once Peter and his partner Nabi got it right, the c

Ken knew he wanted to be a pilot at 8 years old. But his career path took several twists and turns. In his mid-50s, when most people think about their retirement plans, Ken decided to leave a comfortable role at Southwest Airlines to start up two commercial airlines - one in the US and one in the Middle East. When oil prices skyrocketed in 2008, Ken was faced with shutting down the newly launched airline SkyBus. Ken moved on to start and run the operations for the first low-cost carrier in the UAE- flydubai- for the next 11 years until his retirement at 72 years old. Ken opens up about how his faith and how the counsel of his wife and children shaped his life choices and major career decisions. Special thanks to friends who contributed and provided support to produce this episode: Ken & Dianne Gile, Jessica Chang, Ben Barber, Jon Chiu and Shaina Lee.   Support Faith Collides podcast with a review --->  http://bit.ly/FaithC0llid3s Faith Collides podcast is hosted by Grace Huang from Lux Mundi.  M

Faith Collides is for people who think faith can collide with work. It’s a show about people of faith who are executives, experts, entrepreneurs in their field, from all around the world, who actually try to make faith relevant in their lives. Grace dives into the life stories behind how they navigated through career highs and lows, and how faith plays into life at work. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/faithcollides/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/faithcollides/support