Repurposing Business

Why is the world looking at Africa, and why should you? In this introduction to my new podcast series, Investing with Africa, I’m diving deep into the themes of my new book to uncover the real opportunities and shifts happening across the continent. Are you ready to see Africa through a different lens? Let’s explore the future of global wealth together. Be sure to check out my new book: https://a....

What happens when a business leader gives God not just their plans, but their ownership? Join Brett for a rich and heartfelt conversation with South African business leader Francois van Niekerk in our latest episode. Francois shares his remarkable journey from corporate life to founding and growing diverse ventures in IT, property, insurance and beyond. Together they explore the historical and cul...

The journey of restoration ends with a beginning. Isaiah 49 reveals not just who you are, but what you’re called to release. In this final episode, Brett unpacks 10 activation truths that kick restoration into motion. You’ve been called, shaped, and strengthened - and now, you’re being sent. This is where restoration stops being just personal and starts becoming global. The restored become restore...

What does life look like when restoration is complete? In this episode, Brett explores the final step of restoration, where hope is no longer fragile but fully formed. This conversation marks the moment where hope becomes home, and faith finds its full reward. Follow along with the book here: https://a.co/d/5EawCWe Connect with Brett Johnson on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Vis...

What if God’s restoration in your life was never meant to stop with you? In this episode, Brett explores how personal renewal carries a larger purpose. This conversation invites us to lift our eyes beyond our borders, to see that God’s favor always expands outward until His purposes reach the ends of the earth. Follow along with the book here: https://a.co/d/5EawCWe Connect with Brett Johnson on s...

What happens when restoration reaches your household? In this episode, Brett explores God’s promise to contend for our families and to bring children back from places of distance and delay. This conversation calls parents and leaders to hope again, to intercede again, and to believe that reconciliation is not a wish - it’s part of the restoration plan. Follow along with the book here: https://a.co...

What if the very things standing in our way were meant to lead us forward? In this episode, Brett explores the promise of God to “turn mountains into roads and raise up highways.” Restoration doesn’t mean a life without resistance—it means seeing resistance repurposed. This conversation invites us to see barriers as blueprints, opposition as opportunity, and the world itself as a landscape being r...

What does it mean to be led beside springs of water when life feels like a battlefield? In this episode, Brett explores the tenderness of God’s guidance, a kind of intimacy that quenches the soul even when circumstances run dry. This conversation invites us to rediscover the springs of refreshment that flow even in the valley, where heaven and earth sing of His compassion. Follow along with the bo...

Can we build a home without becoming stuck there? In this episode, Brett explores the paradox of shelter - the tension between being grounded and being guided. God knows our need for a place to belong, yet He never meant for that place to become our prison. This conversation invites us to live in the “in between”: anchored enough to stay in the game, but free enough to follow wherever the road lea...

What if the promise of “finding pasture on every barren hill” was not just poetic, but prophetic? In this episode, Brett unpacks God’s assurance of practical provision in times of delay. When hope feels far off and the hills looks barren, God reminds His people that He can bring life and fruitfulness from the most unlikely places. What if your current wilderness is the soil of your next harvest? F...

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What have you inherited, and what are you leaving behind? In this episode, Brett explores how God restores desolate inheritances and reawakens legacy across generations. Many people feel like they are starting from nothing, but God promises to reassign what has been lost. Drawing from Isaiah’s promise, “I will keep you and make you a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its...

Where does restoration begin? In this episode, Brett explores the first step of restoration: acquiring and stewarding capital. This is not only about money, but about recognizing all forms of capital and the resources already in our hands. To do this, we must jettison the wilderness mentality, the mindset shaped by scarcity and survival, and learn to live with the abundance of the Promised Land. B...

What happens to our faith when waiting turns weary? In this episode, Brett explores how followers of Jesus often cope during the long delay, and how some of those responses, while understandable, can quietly corrode faith. He identifies six “rotten responses” that surface when hope feels deferred. Each of these reactions reveals our struggle to stay anchored in trust when God seems silent. Yet Bre...

What do you do when God delays? In this episode, Brett explores the tension of the in-between, the space between what God has spoken and when it finally comes to pass. In a world that expects everything instantly, even small delays can test our patience. But what happens when the waiting stretches into years, when careers stall, dreams fade, and hopes for family or calling remain deferred? This is...

What if the Kingdom dreamers are not the “white picket fence people,” but those whose souls have been salted by difficulty and marinated in pain? In this episode, Brett speaks to the ones who have carried God-given dreams through deep delays — the weary yet faithful, still believing in promises seen only “from a distance.” He cautions against mistaking the journey for a shortcut to success, remind...

What if restoration comes to the plodders — those who keep walking in hope even when it feels reckless? In this opening episode, Brett offers an encouragement to the quiet faithful ones who have carried hope through seasons of delay and disappointment, and prays for the generations to come. Against the backdrop of polarization and the growing orphanization of our culture, he reflects on the urgent...

What if the real measure of success isn’t production, but purpose? In this episode, Brett is joined by Garrett Maroon, a real estate professional who has been repurposed to see business as a calling rather than just a career. From his Lebanese heritage to a career shift that led to founding the Faithful Agent Community and the 2:10 Collective, Garrett shares how he moved from chasing numbers to pu...

Brett Johnson received a call from a company that had purchased hundreds of LEMON Leadership books. Curious as to why they had done this, Brett set up a conversation with CEO Bill Evans, COO Jeffrey Adams, and Project Manager Ben Blaha to explore how they have leveraged diverse leadership styles to foster a thriving corporate culture, enhance team cohesion, and drive business growth. The conversat...

Cassie Carstens had a profound encounter with God in a hut in Africa as he listened to gut-wrenching stories of atrocities barely mentionable. “Why?” was his cry. From the insights and heart-deepening, The World Needs a Father was born. In this episode, Brett and Cassie unpack the unusual challenges of current generations. Connect with Brett Johnson on social media: Facebook Instagram Twitter Link...

What if one of the greatest battlegrounds shaping society isn’t only cultural or political, but the historical battle for the polarization of family? In this episode, Brett is joined by Dr. Charlie Self to trace the historical and philosophical shifts that have shaped how we view family. From Enlightenment thinkers who championed its importance, to Marxist critiques that dismissed it as a capitali...

What if one of the most damaging forces shaping our generation isn’t political or economic, but spiritual? In this episode, Brett explores the unsettling rise of Generation O, a growing sense of orphanhood fueled by systems and ideologies that disconnect people from their true identity as sons and daughters of God. From human trafficking and distorted media portrayals to fathers and institutional...

What if the key to understanding history’s biggest turning points lies in God’s story for humanity? In this episode, Brett continues his deep dive into historical inflection points - this time through a biblical lens. He unpacks twelve pivotal events, from creation and the fall to the life of Christ and His promised return, revealing how each moment fits within God’s redemptive plan. Through these...

Are we living through business as usual, or a once-in-a-century turning point? Join Brett as he dives into the forces reshaping our world and what they mean for business strategy over the next 10–20 years. From political unrest and economic volatility to rapid technological change, this podcast explores whether today’s upheavals are incremental adjustments or seismic shifts in history. Drawing on...

We first met Marie-Ange Eyoum Tagne in 2006 when she applied for the rēp Training program. From the beginning, her passion for pursuing an integrated life was unmistakable. Not long after, she traveled to India and continued to play a vital role in the Repurposing Business Community. Recently, Lyn and Brett read her powerful book, For Such a Time as This, and invited Marie-Ange to join them on the...