Brian Shepler — Trusting the Next Step

It's one thing to say you trust God with your career. It's another thing entirely to pack up everything, move to a city, and believe with full confidence that the door that just closed was just as much a part of His plan as the one that opened. Brian Shepler didn't just say it, he lived it.As President and CEO of Blue Trust, Brian has spent over two decades building a firm where faith isn't compartmentalized from the work. It's the whole point. But the road to get there wasn't a straight line. It started at Goldman Sachs, wound through a layoff, a leap of faith in Nashville, and a honeymoon with no job lined up on the other side.In this episode, Brian opens up about the cab ride with his Goldman mentor, a brilliant man casually explaining why he was missing his daughter's fourth birthday, and the quiet conviction it planted that never left. He breaks down the trust equation Blue Trust runs their entire business on, why intimacy is the most underrated competitive advantage in financial advisory, and how praying with clients changed everything about the way his firm builds relationships.He also shares what his wife said on the drive home after dropping their last child off at college, a question so heavy it sent him straight to Proverbs, and the story of a job offer that came in at the exact number, to the dime, that they had prayed for together an hour before. Not luck. Not coincidence. Confirmation.Brian has followed God into every next step, Goldman, private equity, Nashville, Atlanta, and now the corner office. And every single time, the doors that closed turned out to be just as faithful as the ones that opened. For every student wondering if faith and finance can truly coexist, this one's for you.