What does a banking password that reads "retire@40!" have to do with radical generosity? For John Cortines, it was the starting line. At Harvard Business School, a men's Bible study cracked open a question none of them could answer: what is a Christian stewardship philosophy? The search for that answer became a book, then a framework, then a life, and this conversation captures the heart of it.

What does America's greatest competitive advantage look like in the age of AI? Richard Cunningham and Luke Roush bring Donna Harris — founder and CEO of Builders and Backers, veteran venture investor, and co-author of the redemptive investing playbook at Praxis — into this America 250 special edition of Marks on the Market to answer exactly that question.

What happens when a designer who never took a business class ends up building one of the most distinctive venture studios in America? Kristian Andersen, co-founder and partner at High Alpha, sits down with John Coleman at the Main Street Summit in Columbia, Missouri to unpack that exact journey — and what it reveals about the future of venture capital, enterprise software, and faith-driven work.

Wall Street is sounding the alarm on private credit — but is the panic warranted? Kyle Brown, CEO of Trinity Capital (NASDAQ: TRIN), sits down with Richard Cunningham, John Coleman, and Luke Roush to separate the signal from the noise in private credit markets, offer a frank assessment of AI infrastructure investing, and share why — despite the headlines — this remains a remarkable time to be building and investing in America.

What does it look like when a wealth advisor doesn't just manage your portfolio — but your legacy? Kyle Kutz, Senior Partner and Private Family Office Director at Blue Trust, joins Luke Roush to talk through the real work of faith-driven stewardship: building a financial finish line, navigating multi-generational wealth, unleashing generosity, and ultimately achieving peace of mind that only comes from stewarding God's resources His way.

Tim Macready of Brightlight joins Richard Cunningham and Luke Roush to unpack the third annual State of Faith-Based Investing in Public Markets report — and the picture is both challenging and deeply encouraging. Faith-based funds averaged 16% returns in 2025 but trailed benchmarks by nearly 2.5%, driven largely by exclusions of Magnificent Seven stocks. The question isn't whether faith-based investing works — it's whether the right frameworks and products are in place to deliver both conviction and performance.

What happens when a former Goldman Sachs bond trader walks away from Wall Street — not for a bigger paycheck, but to end hunger in Africa? Zac Sicher did exactly that. After trading through the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Credit Suisse crisis, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Zac spent time alone in the mountains asking God what to do with his career. The answer led him across 400+ conversations on the African continent and into a new role as a fund manager for one of FDI's most ambitious initiatives yet: Solving the World's Greatest Problems.

What if the biggest barrier to faithful stewardship isn't greed — it's a theological misunderstanding about reward? Randy Alcorn, author of Treasure Principle and 64 other books, joins Justin Forman to dismantle some of the most persistent misconceptions in Christian investing culture: that happiness and holiness are at odds, that pursuing reward is somehow unspiritual, and that heaven is an endless, passive existence with nothing meaningful to do.

The March 2026 Marks on the Markets episode arrives at a defining moment: a major U.S.-Israel military operation in Iran, a cracking AI investment thesis, and a small-cap rotation that may finally be underway. Richard Cunningham brings together John Coleman, Matt Monson of Sovereign's Capital, and Brian McClard of Blue Trust for an unfiltered look at what faith-driven investors need to know right now.

What happens when biblical stewardship meets Wall Street? Rob West, CEO of Kingdom Advisors and host of the Faith-Fi radio program reaching over a million Christians weekly, joins John Coleman to map the seismic shift underway in Christian financial advice—and the $22 trillion opportunity still waiting to be unlocked.