What if the side hustle is actually the main thing?

Joshua Brown spent 22 years in vocational ministry. Seven different church teams across four states. Moving his family. Growing programs and events but not making disciples. Getting frustrated.

Then he Googled "top five businesses to start for $5,000 or less."

Pressure washing made the list. He knew nothing about it. Not handy. No dad to teach him. Just desperate to provide for his family and actually disciple people.

First year? Two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. While still serving as campus pastor.

But here's what matters more than money: Joshua was meeting people in their driveways. Praying with customers. Hiring guys and discipling them every morning. He was doing real ministry in the marketplace while the church kept asking for volunteers.

In this episode, we unpack the whole journey. From frustration with seminary culture to building a franchise-level brand called Brown's Pressure Washing. From feeling ashamed when someone called him "pastor" to God saying, "Call it Pressure Washing Pastor."

We talk about what marketplace ministry actually looks like. How your business becomes your pulpit. How a driveway becomes an altar.

Six percent of people will walk through church doors. Eighty-four percent live in the marketplace.

If you're a frustrated pastor, this will set you free. If you've left ministry and feel like you failed, listen up. And if you're wondering how to make disciples in today's world, Joshua's got a proven model.

Your calling might be waiting in the marketplace.

Fifty-five percent of American homes are headed by single moms right now.

That's a cultural crisis. Millions of kids growing up without seeing what godly masculinity looks like. Without a model for fatherhood. Without knowing how to be the dad they never had.

Joshua Brown gets it. He lived it. And now he's doing something about it.

In this episode, Joshua introduces his "Dudes Without Dads" podcast—a platform where men share their father wound stories and learn to break the cycle. We talk about identity formation, the power of forgiveness, and what it actually takes to become an intentional father when you're starting from scratch.

Ralph shares his own story too. How his dad went from pouring beer down his throat at age three to becoming the kind of father who transformed his family.

If you're trying to be the father you never had, you need to hear this. If you know a man wrestling with father wounds, send him this episode.

Healing happens when we tell our stories.

Some kids grow up dreaming about what they'll be when they grow up.

Joshua Brown just wanted a family.

His biological father offered to pay for his abortion. When his mom refused, the father said he'd never be part of Joshua's life. His mom's adoptive father went to prison for abuse. They slept in cars, soup kitchens, church fellowship halls.

By seventeen, Joshua was a high school dropout selling drugs in Winston-Salem, running red lights in his Honda Prelude. Then God spoke to him sitting on the side of the road after a wreck: "Your life is making an impact on nobody."

Three weeks later at a Wesleyan revival service, high with weed in his pocket, Joshua heard something he'd never heard before: "Joshua, I love you."

That was September 27, 1997. Everything changed.

In this conversation, we dig into generational brokenness, what it means to be a minister versus a professional minister, and how Joshua's learning to see himself not just as God's servant, but as God's son.

If you grew up without a father, this one's for you. And if you're still trying to figure out what it means to be a son of God, listen close.