Preach Where You Reach®
Preach Where You Reach is a podcast for everyday professionals navigating purpose, leadership, burnout, and integrity in the real world of work. Each episode features honest conversations with people living out their Christian faith where it matters most, not on a stage, but in meetings, decisions, and relationships.
Preach Where You Reach®
E170: Debra Wimpee and Jessica & Javie Madrigal
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These special, condensed conversations were recorded at the 2026 U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce SWC Conference in Orlando
Debra Wimpee - Mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Director of Engagement & Philanthropy for Christian Employers Alliance - shares her faith journey and impactful work including being raised Catholic and then switching to a Baptist church; going back to church after a divorce and hearing a much needed message; a pivot back to Catholicism and away again; a “scary” spiritual gifts test that was a misunderstanding; the realization that you can have a direct connection to God (cutting out the “middleman”); what prompted her to run for mayor; winning against a 28-year incumbent; being biblically principled when voting; hyping up Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; Christian Employers Alliance and much more!
Episode starts at 23:21 mark
Jessica and Javie Madrigal - Founders of New Local Marketing - takes us on their faith walk and how their faith informs their work including God meeting Jessica in a Sunday school Bible release; getting saved at 15 years old but going on a journey of faith for a number of years including her “dumpster fire years”; dysfunctional upbringing for both; God helping peel the onion of trauma; Javie’s sister’s “condition” if he was going to live with her (church!); a divorce and health conditions caused him to come “back home” to his faith; God speaking to Javie in hikes; becoming very good friends before romance; the origins of their company; the importance of community and serving small businesses; combining current technology with authentic human connection; and much more!
