Two books on faith, service, and building anyway. The Blueprint tells the story and hands you the system. The Devotional walks you through thirty days of actually doing it.
Ships Sunday, October 11, 2026 · Signed copies limited to 100 · Every tier includes a seat at The Kickoff
Before the business, there was the church
For twenty years I ran cameras I didn't own, in rooms that couldn't pay me, for a congregation on the south side of Chicago. I thought I was helping. I was in business school. These two books are what came out of it — the story, and the system the story turned into.
The set
Part memoir, part framework, part field manual. Fifteen chapters tracing the road from a VHS tape at Bethlehem French SDA Church to a media company in Columbus — and the repeatable system underneath it.
Paperback & ebook · 6 × 9 in
Thirty days, each pairing one Scripture with one concrete business action. By Day 30 you have a purpose, a customer, an offer, a name, pricing, a content plan, simple systems, and a written 90-day plan.
Paperback & ebook · 6 × 9 in · Room to write
Preorder
Every tier includes a seat at The Kickoff on Thursday, October 15.
100 of 100 left
Included with every tier
Ninety minutes, live, the night everybody starts together. We open both books, I show you how to actually use them, and you do Day One in the room with everyone else instead of alone on your couch. Bring your questions. Nineteen-dollar buyers get the same seat as everyone else.
The author
Founder of Smith Says International LLC in Columbus, Ohio. Host of the Purpose Over Popularity podcast. Urban Prep Academy, first graduating class. Oakwood University, accounting.
Somewhere between the classroom and the church media booth I learned the three things these books are built on: service before profit, stewardship before scale, sacrifice before success.
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Digital lands in your inbox on Sunday, October 11. Signed sets are signed and packed the week before, and go in the mail on launch day — most US orders arrive within a week after that.
Three reasons. Amazon won't have the signed edition, it won't have the cohort, and it won't get you into The Kickoff. Ordering direct also means far more of what you pay goes to the work instead of the platform.
Not during the preorder — they're built as a pair, and the devotional keeps pointing back at the Blueprint. Both will be available separately on Amazon after launch if you only want one.
Four live sessions on Tuesdays, October 27 through November 17. We work the 4S Blueprint — Start, Shoot, Systemize, Scale — against your actual business, not a hypothetical one. You leave with a 90-day plan we've gone through together.
That's the Founding Partner tier: 25 copies, a live talk for your group, and three cohort seats. Book a call and we'll shape it around what your people actually need.
Email before launch day and you get a full refund, no questions. After the books ship, digital is non-refundable and physical follows standard return terms.
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I'll send you the story behind the books as they come together, and a note before the preorder closes on October 11 — so the signed sets don't run out while you're deciding.
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