There Are Two Ways
to be
an Entrepreneur
(which one are you?)
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The first way is to work from a place of self-reliance and striving. I call that “eating the bread of anxious toil”.
The phrase comes from Psalm 127:2
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The First Way
"It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep."
Bread is what we are supposed to eat to sustain us. So the bread of anxious toil is when we believe the lie that OUR effort is sustaining us. And of course, if it’s our effort that sustains us, we can never rest, lest our lives come apart at the seams. We have to hold it all together. We have to keep all the plates spinning. It's exhausting.
Are you familiar with this bread? Are you tempted to skip your Bible reading because you just have “so much to do today”? Do you work long hours, never feeling like you can do enough? Do you feel like you always need to be doing something productive? Friend, I can relate. It’s a constant struggle for us as entrepreneurs!
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The Second Way
Jesus gives us another kind of bread to eat:
"Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life, Whoever comes to me will never go hungry'."
John 6:35
So the second kind of entrepreneurship is what I call, "worshipful entrepreneurship". Worshipful entrepreneurship is the practice of seeing your everyday work as a form of worship that pleases our kind God. It is developing your own business, but not for your own glory. It is seeking Jesus' wisdom and strength daily instead of relying on your own. It is serving others instead of serving yourself through your business endeavors. It is believing that the work you are doing today is part of the good works God laid out for you to do before He even made the world (Eph 2:10).
All of us are "eaters".
It isn’t a question of whether you will eat bread this week, but which bread you will be eating. We are all “hungerers” looking for sustenance. Will our hearts find rest in Jesus, or will we continue to eat the bread of anxious toil?
That's Why I Started
The Voca Society
We were never meant to build our business alone. Jesus is meant to be central to every aspect of our lives, and business is no exception.
Just listen to this quote from Pastor Ray Ortlund in his Proverbs commentary:
"In the book of Proverbs, we encounter Jesus as our mentor. Do you see him that way?...
Let’s not patronize Jesus Christ as a nice man who gives us warm religious fuzzies while we turn to the “experts” (whoever they are), the seriously qualified people, for the challenges of real life. Jesus Christ is the shrewdest man who ever lived.”
This means that Jesus knows more about business than Alex Hormozi or Amy Porterfield (as awesome as they are!). You literally have direct access to the smartest business guru.
The question is- Are you asking Him?
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Jesus is not a side note to your business—He is the foundation of it.
When we forget that, entrepreneurship becomes heavy and confusing. We chase strategies and mindsets that promise freedom but leave us emptier than before. Yet Scripture tells us that in Him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col. 2:3). Jesus is not waiting for us to “figure out business”, He’s the one inviting us to walk with Him in it.
The Voca Society exists to help Christian entrepreneurs return to that center—to think, plan, and create alongside the One who called them.
This could be you!
HOW IT WORKS
You know that terrible feeling of joining an online community... and then feeling lost when you log in? We've all experienced that, and it's soooo 2015.
The Voca Society is different.
When you join Voca, you are given specific challenges designed to help you experience transformation and real traction your real business life, and when you've finished them, you're invited to join the next tier! The Voca Society is a path, not a parking lot. You’ll always know what your next step is, and we’ll walk it with you.
Step 1
Watch The Eden Framework
The Eden Framework teaches you what work was meant to be before the Fall—why it still matters now, and how your business can become an avenue of worship. It gives you a biblical blueprint for understanding your work as part of God’s design for humanity and why even the mundane stuff matters to God.
Step 2
Watch Own Your Emotions
Own Your Emotions is my signature course that teaches you THE #1 skill that world-class entrepreneurs (like Alex Hormozi and Leah McHenry) say is the KEY to success. It teaches you a 7 Step Framework for navigating limiting beliefs and stuck emotions that hold you back from confidently stepping into the spotlight and leading in the way you are called to.
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Step 3
Graduate to The Forge
Once you complete steps 1-2 you’ll be invited into The Forge—our group coaching program for women who are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work in facing their limiting beliefs, navigating their business emotions, and experiencing God more deeply through their business life.
WHAT YOU GET
MEMBERSHIP
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Access to The Own Your Emotions course ($359 value!) to help you to move through limiting beliefs and stuck emotions in your business so you become unstoppable for the Kingdom (The #1 skill you NEED for success!)
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Access to The Eden Framework course ($145 value!) that teaches you what the Bible says about your work
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Access to a weekly faith and business devotional, written by yours truly, to point you to Jesus in the midst of your workday! (p.s. These are not your average fluffy Christian women's devotionals!)
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Access to a vault of practical business workshops by myself and industry experts on business skills - everything from creating a custom AI as a Christian, time management, and to how to take your own branding photos with your iPhone!
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Access to a thriving community of like-minded Christian business women
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[BONUS] A CUSTOM Chat GPT trained on Christian theology created for business women by Kristen Belveal, a 3x certified Chat GPT expert (so your copy can stop sounding kitschy and borderline heretical)
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[BONUS] Access to The ROOTED Business Goals Workbook and Workshops from The Evergreen Planner Co. (available only inside The Voca Society!)
/ mo.
$49
$24
What Voca members are saying...
Story Time...
This isn't my first business.
My first business was actually a social media marketing company. I loved the work, but when I went on maternity leave to bring my first baby into the world, I realized I had made a big mistake.
Me in 2019
I had bought into the world's narrative of entrepreneurship.
The way that the world talks about entrepreneurship isn’t neutral.
From business books, to courses, to podcasts, to social media, the world is teaching you what “the good life” is. It is giving you a narrative to live by. There are often half-truths that make these messages seem true, but they leave out Jesus, and that leaves a vacuum that they fill with "self".
I call these messages
"Boss Babe Myths"
Here are a few I found from a quick search on Pinterest…
🔮 You can manifest the business of your dreams
💪 You are Enough
🌆 You’re building your own empire
💄 Be addicted to the feeling of having your $h*t together
💁♀️ Believe in yourself and you will be unstoppable
🧠 Success is a decision
🛍️ You need to be successful because you like expensive things
You've heard these kinds of things before.
back to the story...
I had done my best to weed through the blatantly unbiblical messages, but I still ended up believing some of the subtle lies of Boss Babe culture, like:
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I believed the lie that I needed to hustle for my own success, instead of seeing that God is the one who gives success. That lie led me to overworking and then burnout, followed by shame because of my failure.
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I compared myself to the highlight reels of others, and told myself that everyone else wasn’t struggling as much as I was.
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I believed the lie that my lack of success was because I wasn’t BELIEVING in myself enough, and I just needed to pump myself up with more motivational quotes.
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While my words would never say that I was building my own empire, I left God out of my business decisions.
All of these lies led me to a place of anxiety, burnout, discouragement, and shame.
I felt betrayed by my own selfishness.
Something in me had finally broken and come to the end of myself. I was not going to let my discouragement kill my entrepreneurial heartbeat, but I was unwilling to do business in my own strength any longer. I just couldn’t.
That’s what started me on this journey of exploring what it means to practice worshipful entrepreneurship while running a business with excellence.
🙅♀️The Last thing you need...
The last thing you need as an exhausted entrepreneur, hungry for motivation, is a minefield of messages. You're working hard to build your business, you don't need to be spending your precious time and energy figuring this out for yourself like I did.
Is the Voca Society for me?
The Voca Society is for you if...
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You are serious about taking your business to the next level
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You know that it's not healthy to do business alone
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You want to connect your business and faith on a deeper level than most people are talking about
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You want to apply biblical principles to your business
What Voca members are saying...
WHAT YOU GET
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Access to The Own Your Emotions course to help you to move through limiting beliefs and stuck emotions in your business so you become unstoppable for the Kingdom (The #1 skill you NEED for success!)
-
Access to The Eden Framework course that teaches you what the Bible says about your work
-
Access to a weekly faith and business devotional, written by yours truly, to point you to Jesus in the midst of your workday! (p.s. These are not your average fluffy Christian women's devotionals!)
-
Access to a vault of practical business workshops by myself and industry experts on business skills - everything from creating a custom AI as a Christian, time management, and to how to take your own branding photos with your iPhone!
-
Access to a thriving community of like-minded Christian business women
-
[BONUS] A CUSTOM Chat GPT trained on Christian theology created for business women by Kristen Belveal, a 3x certified Chat GPT expert (so your copy can stop sounding kitschy and borderline heretical)
-
[BONUS] Access to The ROOTED Business Goals Workbook and workshops from The Evergreen Planner Co. (available only inside The Voca Society!)
/ mo.
$49
$24
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there different membership options?
We currently have two membership tiers, but you cannot "graduate" to our higher tier until you sign up for this tier and complete specific tasks. Then we can't wait to welcome you to our group coaching tier, The Forge!
How can I join?
Just click this link here to join! You can get 1 month free when you sign up with the code WELCOME if you would like to try it out and make sure it's the group for you.
I have more questions...
Of course! I'd love to answer any questions you have. Feel free to email me at rachel@vocasociety.com and we can discuss your business and if The Voca Society is right for you!
What exactly is the Voca Society?
The Voca Society is an online membership community! It is hosted on our Circle platform.
Can I cancel if it's not for me?
Of course! I offer a 1 month free trial (use the code WELCOME at check out) so you can make sure it's the group for you. But you can cancel easily at anytime by writing to me at rachel@vocasociety.com.
When was The Voca Society started?
We became a community in the fall of 2021.
How do I get plugged into the group?
You will have a one-on-one zoom or phone call with me so that I can get you logged in and make sure you know where to start. The worst thing is joining a new group and not knowing how to engage. At The Voca Society, there will be no second guessing if you're getting your money's worth!