Have you every dreamed of owning your own coffee shop and also bring others closer to the faith?

In this clip, Mallory Root, founder of Roots Brew Shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shares how her faith-led coffee shop in the heart of her community has quietly become a space for encounter, relationship, and conversion. Her mission is simple: make the transactional relational.

Roots isn’t just a coffee shop. It’s a place where people who might never walk into a church come face to face with beauty, goodness, and truth—the transcendentals that speak to the deepest parts of the human soul. From thrifted furniture and natural light to meaningful conversations over a cup of coffee, every detail becomes an act of evangelization.

Mallory explains how creating beauty in the ordinary can disarm the heart and open space for grace. It’s evangelization without pressure—just genuine connection and love. Over the last 10 years, her café has quietly witnessed dozens of conversions simply through presence, consistency, and authentic relationship.

Here are some things you should check out in the full episode:
☕️ Why beauty is the most disarming form of evangelization
🌿 How to create sacred spaces in secular environments
❤️ The long game of relational evangelization
🙏 The role of hospitality in bringing people back to the Church
🔥 The power of living your faith authentically in business

Whether you’re a Catholic entrepreneur, missionary disciple, or someone longing to bring your faith into your daily work, this episode will inspire you to see business as mission—and mission as love.

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