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1. Jordan Raynor (Host of the Mere Christians podcast)

   2 juli 2025 · 51 min

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   Why Jordan has decided to put the show on hiatus after 300 episodes and millions of downloads, how he thinks about what he needs to prune in order to pursue the ministry of excellence in other things, and the 10 moments of this show he’s thought about most post-recording. Lees meer

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   Jordan Raynor on LinkedIn

   Jordan Raynor on X

   Jordan Raynor on Instagram

   Jordan Raynor on YouTube

   Jordan Raynor on Facebook

   'Five Mere Christians'

   Born Standing Up

   Kayla Taylor on LinkedIn

   Christopher Perry on LinkedIn

   We Edit Podcasts

   The Sacredness of Secular Work

   Redeeming Your Time

   The Word Before Work (Book)

   The Word Before Work (Podcast)

   The Word Before Work (Email List & Blog)

   Episode 289: Tim Croll (LEGO Masters contestant + Director of Serious Play at Narrative.live)

   Episode 247: Noah Sanders (Farmer)

   Episode 140: Aarti Sequeira (Food Network Host)

   Episode 130: Makoto Fujimura (Artist)

   Episode 5: Horst Schulze (Co-founder of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company)

   Episode 213: Anne Beiler (Founder of Auntie Anne's)

   Episode 197: Sam Acho (Sports Analyst at ESPN)

   Episode 258: Stephen Bargatze (Magician)

   Episode 255: Jenna Barrett (Manager of Brand Advertising and Marketing at Choice Hotels)

   Episode 34: Tim Keller (Founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church)

   Episode 232: Skye Jethani (Author of What If Jesus Was Serious About Heaven? + Co-host of The Holy Post)

   Episode 173: Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry.com)

   Episode 206: Dave Evans (Co-founder of EA Sports + Author of Designing Your Life)

   All Things New

   The Will of God as a Way of Life

   With

   Episode 84: Candace Cameron Bure (Actress)

   Episode 114: John Mark Comer (Author of Live No Lies)

   Episode 269: Dr. Francis Collins (Author of The Road to Wisdom)

   Episode 25: Carly Fiorina (Fmr. CEO of HP and Presidential Candidate)

   Episode 151: Joni Eareckson Tada (Painter)

   Episode 204: Christy Adams (Middle School Teacher)

   Episode 219: Bethany Brown (Nurse Practitioner + Owner of The Aesthetics Lounge and Spa)

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2. Dr. Karen Swallow Prior (Author of You Have a Calling)

   25 juni 2025 · 32 min

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   How the advice to “follow your passions” can lead to an unbiblical sense of entitlement, how to follow “the true, good, and beautiful” today to find your calling tomorrow, and how God uses pain and trauma to steer us to our callings. Lees meer

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   Dr. Karen Swallow Prior

   Dr. Karen Swallow Prior on X

   Dr. Karen Swallow Prior on Instagram

   Dr. Karen Swallow Prior on Facebook

   You Have a Calling

   Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More

   The Priory Newsletter

   Hannah More | Britannica

   Moana

   Moana 2

   Cal Newport

   So Good They Can’t Ignore You

   Master of One

   Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski on LinkedIn

   ‘Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People's Relations to Their Work’

   ‘The Secret of Effective Motivation’

   Why Work?

   Five Mere Christians

   Amusing Ourselves to Death

   Makoto Fujimura

   Episode 130: Makoto Fujimura (Artist)

   Episode 147: Haejin Shim Fujimura (Attorney)

   Kaleigh Cox on LinkedIn

   Aaron Sorkin

   Redeeming Your Time

   Called to Create

   Jordan Raynor

3. Wilson Smith (Fmr. Shoe Designer at Nike)

   18 juni 2025 · 47 min

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   How Wilson came to be the shoe industry’s first Black shoe designer, how work can be a form of prayer, and why he chose Philippians 2 to be printed in his Nike shoes. Lees meer

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   Wilson Smith on LinkedIn

   Wilson Smith on Instagram

   University of Oregon | College of Design

   Wilson Smith | IDSA

   Nike

   Five Mere Christians

   Air

   Tinker Hatfield

   Shoe Dog

   Reebok

   Chariots of Fire

   Bono

   Bill Bowerman

   Phil Knight

   Designing for Diversity: Wilson Smith at TEDxUOregon

   Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

   Questlove

   The Wonder of Stevie

   12 Notes: On Life and Creativity

   Tobie Hatfield on LinkedIn

   Episode 205: Bobo Beck (Realtor + Author of Wisdom Calling)

   Jordan Raynor

4. Will Acuff (Founder of Corner to Corner)

   11 juni 2025 · 39 min

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   How to find joy in your work—even when it sucks, how Will’s “trailhead practice” can lead you to “Spirit-led self-awareness,” and how to stop limping towards God’s throne and start running towards it. Lees meer

   Links Mentioned:

   Will Acuff on LinkedIn

   No Elevator to Everest

   Corner to Corner

   BAM Global Events

   Thomas Merton

   The Return of the Prodigal Son Anniversary Edition

   Joe Mazzulla | NBCA

   Annie Dillard

   Jordan Raynor

5. Dr. Praveen Sethupathy (Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University)

   4 juni 2025 · 44 min

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   How to lead winsomely when your vocation is under attack, how the cross can “disabuse you of any sense of power” at work, and how Dr. Sethupathy practically elevates the marginalized in his office. Lees meer

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   Dr. Praveen Sethupathy

   Dr. Praveen Sethupathy on LinkedIn

   Episode 200: Dr. Francis Collins (Fmr. Director of the National Institutes of Health)

   Episode 272: Dr. Francis Collins (Author of The Road to Wisdom)

   Timothy Keller

   The Human Genome Project

   ‘Science as a Christian Vocation’

   Johannes Kepler

   Madeleine L'Engle

   Fred Rogers

   National Academy of Sciences

   The Myth of Certainty

   What's So Amazing About Grace?

   The Genius of Their Age

   Dr. Ard Louis

   Dr. Katharine Hayhoe

   Episode 48: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (Climate Scientist)

   BioLogos

   Veritas

   Jordan Raynor

6. Dave Stuart, Jr. (High School Teacher)

   28 mei 2025 · 37 min

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   How to calculate your compensation beyond what you get paid, how life-giving it can be to simply stop being surprised by thorns and thistles, and why you need more “Himalaya Boundaries” in your calendar to protect your family and rest. Lees meer

   Links Mentioned:

   Dave Stuart Jr. Books

   Dave Stuart on LinkedIn

   Dave Stuart Jr. on X

   Dallas Willard

   Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World

   Scandal of the Kingdom: How the Parables of Jesus Revolutionize Life with God

   The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

   Screwtape Letters

   Jordan Raynor

   Jordan Raynor Books

7. Kevin Olusola (Member of Pentatonix)

   21 mei 2025 · 24 min

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   Why “creativity is our birthright,” how fame has changed Kevin’s prayers, and why he doesn’t want to be a “superstar” but a “superplanet” that reflects God’s light to others. Lees meer

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   Kevin Olusola on YouTube

   Kevin Olusola on LinkedIn

   Kevin Olusola on Instagram

   Kevin Olusola on X

   Dawn of a Misfit

   High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way

   Quincy Jones on Instagram

   Quincy Jones on X

   12 Notes: On Life and Creativity

   The Weeknd on Instagram

   Steph Curry on Instagram

   Jordan Raynor

8. Roy Tinklenberg (Founder of Faith and Work Movement Global)

   14 mei 2025 · 31 min

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   Why Roy moved from planting a church to supporting believers working in big companies, how to start a sponsored Christian fellowship in your office, and the 3 ways Christian Employee Resource Groups benefit the businesses that sponsor them. Lees meer

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   Roy Tinklenberg on LinkedIn

   Roy Tinklenberg on X

   Faith and Work Movement

   Faith and Work Movement on Instagram

   Faith and Work Movement on LinkedIn

   Faith and Work Movement on Facebook

   Skye Jethani on X

   Mike Kelsey

   A Disruptive God: Encounter Psalm 23 and Discover God's Purpose For You

   A Million Little Miracles: Rediscover the God Who Is Bigger Than Big, Closer Than Close, and Gooder Than Good

   Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work

   Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work

   Releasing the Greater in You: There is a Power Within You That is Yet to be Released!

   Jordan Raynor

   Jordan Raynor Books

   Jordan Raynor ERG

9. Kaleigh Cox (Co-Author of Five Mere Christians)

   7 mei 2025 · 56 min

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   What Jordan’s decision to work with a co-author can teach you about your own work, why he chose to make a collection of biographies his next book, and the stickiest stories from Five Mere Christians that have changed how he works. Lees meer

   Links Mentioned:

   Five Mere Christians

   Order Five Mere Christians to Get Access to Jordan’s Free Co-Author Course

   Kaleigh Cox on LinkedIn

   Kaleigh Cox on Instagram

   Jordan Raynor

   Jordan Raynor on X

   Redeeming Your Time

   Scatter

   James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

10. S.D. Smith (Author of The Green Ember series)

    30 april 2025 · 49 min

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    How we can see all our vocations as participating in the “Mended Wood,” why The Lord of the Rings was more spiritually powerful for him than any Christian non-fiction, and the call to “modesty, fidelity, and audacity” in our work. Lees meer

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    S.D. Smith

    S.D. Smith on Facebook

    S.D. Smith on Instagram

    S.D. Smith on YouTube

    The Green Ember Series

    Jack Zulu and the Girl with Golden Wings

    Longtreader Games Launch Team

    Babble Publishing Company

    HopeWords Writers' Conference

    Read-Aloud Revival

    Zach Franzen

    Little House on the Prairie

    Anne of Green Gables

    The Chronicles of Narnia

    Jurassic Park

    The Lord of the Rings

    Phantastes

    David Robinson on X

    The Hunger Games

    North Greenville University

    A Diary of Private Prayer

    The Prodigal God

    Episode 268: Kathy Keller (Co-author of The Meaning of Marriage)

    The Book of Common Prayer

    Kenneth Padgett on Instagram

    Wolfbane Books

    Nate Bargatze

    Episode 258: Stephen Bargatze (Magician)

    Skye Jethani

    Five Mere Christians

    Called to Create

    The Creator in You

    The Royal in You

    Jordan Raynor on X

    Jordan Raynor

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