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Jordan Raynor (Host of the Mere Christians podcast)
2 juli 2025 · 51 min
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
Links Mentioned
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
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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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Dr. Karen Swallow Prior (Author of You Have a Calling)
25 juni 2025 · 32 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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
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Wilson Smith (Fmr. Shoe Designer at Nike)
18 juni 2025 · 47 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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
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Will Acuff (Founder of Corner to Corner)
11 juni 2025 · 39 min
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
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Dr. Praveen Sethupathy (Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University)
4 juni 2025 · 44 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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
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Dave Stuart, Jr. (High School Teacher)
28 mei 2025 · 37 min
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
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Kevin Olusola (Member of Pentatonix)
21 mei 2025 · 24 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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
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Roy Tinklenberg (Founder of Faith and Work Movement Global)
14 mei 2025 · 31 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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
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Kaleigh Cox (Co-Author of Five Mere Christians)
7 mei 2025 · 56 min
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
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S.D. Smith (Author of The Green Ember series)
30 april 2025 · 49 min
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
Links Mentioned:
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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Laura Wifler (Poet + Author of Your Worth Never Wavers)
23 april 2025 · 32 min
How to find biblical freedom and courage to quit something professionally, how Laura and I have both cultivated a willingness to be misunderstood, and how the gospel should compel us to quit differently. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Laura Wifler
Laura Wifler on Instagram
Laura Wifler on Facebook
Your Worth Never Wavers
Risen Motherhood
Emily A. Jensen
Hannah More | Britannica
The Men I Know
Like Me
A Grace Disguised
‘God’s Will for Your Work’
Five Mere Christians
The Royal in You
Jordan Raynor on X
Jordan Raynor
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Tim Croll (LEGO Masters contestant + Director of Serious Play at Narrative.live)
16 april 2025 · 41 min
What we can learn from Scripture about a theology of play, how LEGO’s Serious Play can solve problems at work, and why the opposite of play is not work but depression. Lees meer
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Tim Croll
Tim Croll on LinkedIn
Tim Croll on X
Tim Croll on Instagram
Tim Croll on YouTube
Tim Croll on Facebook
Tim Croll on IMDb
LEGO® Masters
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
Narrative
‘Ole Kirk Kristiansen's Childhood and Youth’
Play
National Institute for Play
Tony Grebmeier
Threshold 360
SunFrog
Mentor Leader
Sara Miller on LinkedIn
A House on Beekman
Five Mere Christians
Called to Create
The Called to Create Study Journal
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Jordan Raynor
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Audiobook excerpt of Five Mere Christians
11 april 2025 · 1 uur 25 min
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Skye Jethani (Author of What If Jesus Was Serious About Justice?)
9 april 2025 · 36 min
The brain science showing that rest is a pre-requisite to doing justice, why it’s essential we remember that Christ both saved us AND killed us on the cross, and the best laugh Skye’s ever gotten from the improv stage. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Skye Jethani
Skye Jethani on LinkedIn
Skye Jethani on X
Skye Jethani on Instagram
Skye Jethani on YouTube
What If Jesus Was Serious about Justice?
Holy Post Media
David French on X
Dallas Willard
G.K. Chesterton
Andrew Young Books on Amazon
Fannie Lou Hamer | Britannica
This Is Us
Aarti Sequeira
Simply Christian
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Four Thousand Weeks
Five Mere Christians
Jordan Raynor
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Sarah Maddack (Silly Song Artist)
2 april 2025 · 41 min
How Sarah’s 190th TikTok video went viral and launched her career, how to experience “God loving you while you work,” and why she views her silly songs for 9-year-olds as holy work. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Sarah Maddack on Instagram
Sarah Maddack on TikTok
Sarah Maddack on X
Sarah Maddack on YouTube
Sarah Maddack on Apple Music
Sarah Maddack on Spotify
Silly Songs with Larry on YouTube
The Dead Sea Squirrels
The Dead Sea Squirrels on TikTok
The Dead Sea Squirrels promo on TikTok
Mike Nawrocki
Shel Silverstein
Carey Nieuwhof (Host of The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast)
Carey Nieuwhof (Founder of Connexus Church)
Five Mere Christians
Brant Hansen Books on Amazon
Street Hymns on Instagram
Jordan Raynor Books
Jordan Raynor
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Anna Kemp (Grad Student)
26 maart 2025 · 33 min
What convicted Anna to see her job as a student as a vocation and not just preparation for a future vocation, how to view the hardest parts of your job as “cross-training,” and how to make time for relationships at work even when you’re swamped. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Anna Kemp on LinkedIn
University of Oklahoma
David I Smith
Doug McKelvey (Author of Every Moment Holy)
The Creative Act
Every Good Endeavor
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant SocietyWhen Breath Becomes Air
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Jordan Raynor Books
Jordan Raynor Devotionals
Jordan Raynor
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Devon Havenaar (Carpenter)
19 maart 2025 · 33 min
How self-care can lead to self-forgetfulness and ultimately self-sacrifice, how the speed of light can encourage you in your wordless evangelism, and the significance of Jesus spending years hammering the thing he’d be hammered to. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
BadLeader
The BadLeader Podcast
Devon Havenaar on LinkedIn
Devon Havenaar on Instagram
Devon Havenaar on Facebook
TEDxMechanicsville
The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness
Redeeming Your Time
The Psychology of Money
Atomic Habits
Everybody, Always
How to Lead When You're Not in Charge
Readwise.io
Jordan Raynor
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Katelyn Miller (Early Intervention Teacher)
12 maart 2025 · 46 min
Why following Jesus is not just about avoiding sin but doing righteousness in your work, how to wrestle with the cosmic significance AND insignificance of your work, and how to make disciples of all nations in the job you have today. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
NC Education Corps
Habakkuk 1:11
Working in the Presence of God
Tales That Tell The Truth
The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party Storybook
Lead with Prayer
Joni and Friends
Sally Lloyd-Jones
Jordan Raynor
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Kurt Avery (Founder of Sawyer Products)
5 maart 2025 · 30 min
How to baptize your imagination regarding what God can do through your work, how Kurt’s enormous view of God has led him to give 25 million people clean water every year, and how to ensure you’re a marketer rather than a manipulator. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Sawyer Think
Sawyer Products
Sawyer Products on LinkedIn
Sawyer Products on Instagram
Sawyer Products on YouTube
Sawyer Products on TikTok
Sawyer Products on Facebook
Scott Harrison on LinkedIn
charity: water
The Fish that Ate the Whale
Martin’s
Humility: The Journey toward Holiness
Jordan Raynor
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Hannah Brencher (Author of The Unplugged Hours)
26 februari 2025 · 50 min
How your phone blocks you from “wanting what you want,” how Hannah spent 1,000 hours away from her phone in 1 year, and how to exchange “why me?” with “who for? when experiencing trials. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Hannah Brencher
Hannah Brencher on Instagram
Hannah Brencher on X
The World Needs More Love Letters
The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World
Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change
The Practice of the Presence of God
Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Anne Lamott Books
Kate Bowler
Jordan Raynor
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Chris Hunt (National Account Manager at Clorox)
19 februari 2025 · 48 min
What Jesus might say to the conventional wisdom that "you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with," the value of interfaith employee resource groups, and how Chris stopped chasing promotions and started chasing a quieter life. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Chris Hunt on LinkedIn
Clorox
Clorox ERGs
Tim Keller
Will: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography
The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs
Managing Your Metron: A Practical Theology of Work, Mission, and Meaning
Jonathan Nowlen
Jordan Raynor
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Holly Kim (Director of Marketing & Operations at Credibly)
12 februari 2025 · 32 min
How being faithful to God cost Holly in her career (and why that’s a good thing), how to isolate and attack the lies in your head, and how our peace at work can make space to bear others’ burdens at work. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Holly Kim on LinkedIn
Credibly
Redeeming Your Time
Called to Create
The Cost of Discipleship
Experiencing God
Jordan Raynor
Mere Christians Podcast Survey
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Mark Batterson (Author of A Million Little Miracles)
5 februari 2025 · 38 min
How our work can teach us more about God, why you should consider installing a “personal Mount Rushmore” behind your desk, and how to make work more playful and fun for your team. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson Books
Mark Batterson on X
Mark Batterson on Instagram
Mark Batterson on Facebook
National Community Church
A Million Little Miracles: Rediscover the God Who Is Bigger Than Big, Closer Than Close, and Gooder Than Good
Episode: Mark Batterson (Author of Please, Sorry, Thanks)
Episode: Mark Batterson (Lead Pastor at National Community Church)
Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey (TED Books)
George Washington Carver
A.W. Tozer
C.S Lewis
The Knowledge of the Holy
The Pursuit of God
Adam Grant
Malcolm Gladwell
Dr. Curt Thompson
Jordan Raynor
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Dr. Denise Daniels (Author of Religion in a Changing Workplace)
29 januari 2025 · 38 min
The data shows that your non-Christian co-workers want to talk about faith, but don’t want to be treated like “salvation projects,” why Jordan is begging you to stop calling your business a “Christian business,” and why mere Christians disagree with their pastors’ assessment that they “talk about work” from the pulpit. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Dr. Denise Daniels on LinkedIn
Religion in a Changing Workplace
Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work
Wheaton College
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Skye Jethani on X
El Erisman on LinkedIn
Helen Chung on LinkedIn
Brian Grim on LinkedIn
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work
Why Business Matters to God: (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed)
ActivateWork
Jordan Raynor
Jordan Raynor Books
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Peter Greer (Co-author of Lead With Prayer)
22 januari 2025 · 39 min
How to “leave the phone off the hook” to commune with God while you work, how to move from duty to delight in prayer, why I plan on showing up to meetings 5 minutes early from now on. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Peter Greer
Peter Greer on X
Peter Greer on Instagram
Peter Greer on LinkedIn
Peter Greer on Facebook
Hope International
Lead with Prayer: The Spiritual Habits of World-Changing Leaders
Lead with Prayer
Lead with Prayer Tools
Ryan Skoog on LinkedIn
Cameron Doolittle on LinkedIn
Jill Heisey on LinkedIn
Timothy Keller Books
The Practice of the Presence of God
Jordan Raynor
Jordan Raynor Books
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Shannon Doss (Social Worker)
15 januari 2025 · 38 min
How to ensure you aren’t stealing from your employer when you work from home, how Shannon’s repentance led to spiritual conversations at work, and why you should consider “following your pain” rather than your passions as you make career decisions. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Shannon Doss on LinkedIn
Candice Levert (IT Operations Manager)
Josephine Butler
Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better
The Truth About Us: The Very Good News about How Very Bad We
Mere Christians Community
Jordan Raynor
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Dr. Mark Shrime (Chief Medical Officer for Mercy Ships)
8 januari 2025 · 40 min
How Mark’s 3 appearances on American Ninja Warrior sharpened his skills as a doctor, how the gospel compels him to think differently about “The Checklist Manifesto,” and why he felt he could die happy during a near-death experience. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Dr. Mark Shrime
Dr. Mark Shrime on X
Dr. Mark Shrime on Instagram
Dr. Mark Shrime TEDx
Mercy Ships
American Ninja Warrior
Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose
Episode Scott Harrison (Founder of charity: water)
When Breath Becomes Air
The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Atul Gawande
Mr. Rogers
C. S. Lewis
Transitions (40th Anniversary Edition): Making Sense of Life's Changes
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Jordan Raynor
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Graham Cochrane (Author of Rebel)
1 januari 2025 · 50 min
How Christian guilt about dreaming actually blocks intimacy with God, how Graham’s “50 Dreams” exercise can help you clarify which dreams are from God, and 3 practical things Graham does to work with the Holy Spirit. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Graham Cochrane
Rebel
Graham Cochrane on LinkedIn
Graham Cochrane on Instagram
Graham Cochrane on Facebook
Graham Cochrane on YouTube
Graham Cochrane on X
Called to Create
Every Good Endeavor
Tim Ferris
10X is Easier Than 2X
The Soul of Desire
Jon Gordon
Ed Kobel
With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God
Redeeming your Time
The Go-Giver
Erwin Raphael McManus
Jordan Raynor
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Daniel Darling (Author of The Characters of Christmas)
25 december 2024 · 39 min
How Jesus’s vocation assigns eternal meaning to your “non-spiritual” work, what the shepherds can teach us about how to lead well today, and the #1 book I recommend for overcoming insecurity at work. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Daniel Darling
Daniel Darling on LinkedIn
Daniel Darling on Instagram
Daniel Darling on X
The Character of Christmas
The Characters of Easter
Hidden Christmas
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
The Reason for God
Every Good Endeavor
Knowing God
The Hiding Place
Jordan Raynor
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Dr. Kennon Vaughan (Lead Pastor at Harvest Church)
18 december 2024 · 53 min
How Kennon’s near-death experience in a plane crash changed his work, how common misapplications of the Great Commission thwart your purpose at work, and why we need to “do less” and “abide more” to effectively make disciples. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Kennon Vaughan on X
Kennon Vaughan
Downline Ministries
Counterfeit Gods
The Meaning of Marriage
Thoughts for Young Men
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
Ronnie Collier Stevens
Dr. J.B. Selecman, Pediatric Dentist
Jordan Raynor
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Bob Goff (Author of Catching Whimsy and Love Does)
11 december 2024 · 29 min
What it looks like to be “whimsically available” to others at work, how to make the shift from “will it work” to “will it last” in your work, and how God can use working in adventurous places like Disneyland and Kennedy Space Center. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Bob Goff
Bob Goff Books
Catching Whimsy
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff & Friends
Bob Goff on X
Bob Goff on Instagram
Bob Goff on Facebook
Bob Goff on YouTube
Maria Goff on Instagram
Cal Newport
Peter Pan
Jordan Raynor
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Robin John (CEO of Eventide Asset Management)
4 december 2024 · 41 min
How to guarantee eternal success in any endeavor, the 6 criteria Eventide uses to evaluate investments that “make the world rejoice,” and how to stop thinking selfishly about your investments, votes, and time. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Eventide Asset Management
Robin John on LinkedIn
The Creator in You
Every Good Endeavour: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed)
Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work
The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits
The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Pete Ochs
Jordan Raynor
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Dr. Francis Collins (Author of The Road to Wisdom)
27 november 2024 · 27 min
What Francis learned from getting punked by Borat’s Sacha Baron Cohen, the 4 criteria he uses to discern who to trust at work and in life, and what Tim Keller’s Out of Office message said the day he died. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Dr. Francis Collins
Episode: Dr. Francis Collins (Fmr. Director of the National Institutes of Health)
Braver Angels
Who is America?
The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust
‘The Decline and Renewal of the American Church’
Philip Yancey (Books)
Timothy Keller (Books)
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
Jordan Raynor
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Kathy Keller (Co-author of The Meaning of Marriage)
20 november 2024 · 31 min
The significant role Christian professionals played in making Christianity credible to her sons, why sometimes “the worst thing God can do for you is to let you be happy,” and how to die wishing you had spent more time at the office. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Kathy Keller
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Roosevelt Island
Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller
Books by Timothy Keller
Letters of John Newton
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
The Cross of Christ
City to City DNA
Dr. Francis Collins
Dr. Steven Rosenberg
John Newton
John Stott
John Owen
Jordan Raynor
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Justin Mathews (Manager at PwC)
13 november 2024 · 47 min
The dangers of feeling entitled to a calling, how to think “Who Not How” in prayers for your work, and a simple way of thinking about “sowing eternity into the world.” Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Justin Matthews on LinkedIn
PwC
‘Strategy in Life Principle #2: Purpose unlocks fulfillment’
Quarter-Life Calling
Every Good Endeavor
Who Not How
Soul Care
The Gotham Fellowship
Jena Viviano Dunay (Founder of Recruit the Employer)
Fan Fave Flashback: Skye Jethani (Co-host of the Holy Post Podcast)
Master of One
The Royal in You
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Redeeming Your Time
Contact Jordan
Jordan Raynor
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Vineet Rajan (CEO of Forte)
6 november 2024 · 43 min
How Forte is providing “soul care as a service” for some of the world’s largest companies, how to practically stop working for love and start working from love, and why we should praise God for giving us more than we can handle. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Vineet Rajan on LinkedIn
Vineet Rajan on X
The Marine Monk Newsletter
Forte for Faith
Forte
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
Crime and Punishment
Walden
The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
Jonathan Reckford on LinkedIn
Jordan Raynor
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Jeremy Swafford (CFO at Southeast Restoration)
30 oktober 2024 · 48 min
How to cultivate humility and a Jesus-like others-obsession, why multiple pastors have quit ministry to work at Southeast, and the spiritual benefits of sticking with a job for many years. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Jeremy Swafford on LinkedIn
Southeast Restoration
Lighthouse Ministries
Episode: Audiobook excerpt of The Sacredness of Secular Work
Episode: Tim Keller (Author of Forgive)
Episode: N.T. Wright (Theologian)
Episode: Skye Jethani (Co-host of the Holy Post Podcast)
Episode: Josh Thompson (Janitor)
Episode: Gary Chapman (Author of The 5 Love Languages)
Episode: Bobo Beck (Realtor + Author of Wisdom Calling)
Episode: Michael Hyatt (Founder and Chairman of Full Focus)
Episode: David Platt (Founder of Radical)
Episode: Stephen Mansfield (Author of The Search for God and Guinness)
Episode: Andy Crouch (Author of Culture Making)
Episode: Carey Nieuwhof (Founder of Connexus Church)
Episode: John Mark Comer (Author of Live No Lies)
Episode: Kevin Finch (Executive Director of Big Table)
Mansfield's Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self
The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do
Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
Learning to Lead Like Jesus: 11 Principles to Help You Serve, Inspire, and Equip Others
Boyd Bailey on LinkedIn
Tom Ziglar
Redeeming Your Time Retreat
Jordan Raynor
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Dr. Gisela Kreglinger (Vintner + Theologian)
23 oktober 2024 · 45 min
Why the wine industry is in trouble and why Christians should be the ones to help, how to show everyday hospitality to those you work with, and how the gospel can shape not just your work but also the work of others that you consume. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger on Facebook
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger on Instagram
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger LinkedIn
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger X
Dr. Gisela Kreglinger (Wine Expert & Theologian)
Cup Overflowing: Wine’s Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship
The Sabbath (FSG Classics)
George McDonald Books
For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
Dr Marinda Kruger PhD on LinkedIn
Jordan Raynor
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Ricky Dickson (Fmr. CEO of Blue Bell Creameries)
16 oktober 2024 · 39 min
Ricky’s spiritual disciplines during the listeria crisis at Blue Bell, how to accept critical feedback humbly and winsomely, and how a college paper on Blue Bell landed him his career. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Ricky Dickson
Ricky Dickson on LinkedIn
One Scoop at a Time
Blue Bell Creameries
International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)
Chase the Lion
If
‘Leadership Breakfast Series: Tim Tassopoulos, President & COO, Chick-Fil-A’
Scottie Scheffler on Instagram
The Royal in You
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Redeeming Your Time
Contact Jordan
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Shane Kimbrough (Astronaut)
9 oktober 2024 · 38 min
How Shane discerned whether to pivot or persevere after 4 rejections from NASA, how “asking the right questions in the right way” led to NASA approving him reading Scripture from the ISS, and why he counts “consistency” during his time on earth as “worship." Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Shane Kimbrough
Shane Kimbrough on LinkedIn
Shane Kimbrough on X
Shane Kimbrough on Instagram
NASA
Quanta Services, Inc.
Rocket Men
Rick Warren
The Last Supper on the Moon
Reaching Your Next Summit!
Extreme Ownership
Make Your Bed
Heaven
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on Instagram
Anna Hall on Instagram
Cole Hocker on Instagram
Scottie Scheffler on Instagram
Ted Scott on X
The Royal in You
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Redeeming Your Time
Contact Jordan
Jordan Raynor
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Jena Viviano Dunay (Founder of Recruit the Employer)
2 oktober 2024 · 37 min
5 things Christian leaders can do to fire their neighbors as themselves, the spiritual and business benefits of investing in employees after you lay them off, and the sign I hung in my office to help me stop working like an orphan. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Jena Viviano Dunay on LinkedIn
Jena Viviano (Career Strategist)
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
Jordan Raynor
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William Winchester (COO of Berg Mill Supply)
25 september 2024 · 34 min
William’s biblically informed vision of “zero waste” on the New Earth, the new question I’d encourage anyone to ask when making vocational decisions, and why William chose to work as an employee rather than an entrepreneur. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
William Winchester on LinkedIn
Berg Mill Supply
Mere Christians Community
John Bevere
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
Jordan Raynor
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Ruth Chou Simons (Author of Now and Not Yet)
18 september 2024 · 28 min
How to be content with what you have and strive for what’s next at the same time, the 4 questions Ruth asks to help her see her circumstances the way God does, and how she is currently processing the disappointing slowdown in her once rapidly growing business Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Ruth Chou Simons
Ruth Chou Simons Books
Ruth Chou Simons on Instagram
Ruth Chou Simons on YouTube
Now and Not Yet Book Website
Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You’re Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More
GraceLaced
GraceLaced on Facebook
GraceLaced on Instagram
GraceLaced on Pinterest
2020 Episode: Ruth Chou Simons (Founder of GraceLaced)
The Gospel Primer: Learning to See the Glories of God's Love
The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Episode: Chassie Anders (Founder of Crown of Glory Beauty)
Jordan Raynor
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Stephen Bargatze (Magician)
11 september 2024 · 31 min
What it means to Stephen that Satan had no idea what Nate Bargatze would become, how magic can create awe and wonder that leads to belief in God, and the gospel-centered mental shift he credits for the salvation of his mom on her deathbed. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Stephen Bargatze
Stephen Bargatze on Instagram
Stephen Bargatze on YouTube
Nate Bargatze
The International Brotherhood of Magicians
Jason Michaels
Andre Kole
The Crown: Ruritania
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Redeeming Your Time
Contact Jordan
Jordan Raynor
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Mike Sharrow (CEO of C12)
4 september 2024 · 45 min
The dangers in the Church’s culture of giving, what Christian peer groups might have looked like in the first century, and how to create “mini Bema Seat moments” to judge your work before God does. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Mike Sharrow on LinkedIn
Mike Sharrow on X
C12 Business Forums
C12 Business Forums on YouTube
CURRENT25
Walgreens
Unoffendable
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Redeeming Your Time
Contact Jordan
Jordan Raynor
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Julianna Rubio Slager (Artistic Director of Ballet 5:8)
28 augustus 2024 · 33 min
How God is using ballets about faith to reach non-Christians, how to not undersell the power of the Holy Spirit at work, and Jordan’s favorite This Is Us scene that powerfully illustrates the gospel. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Julianna Rubio Slager
Julianna Rubio Slager (5:8 Ballet)
Julianna Rubio Slager on LinkedIn
Julianna Rubio Slager on Instagram
Julianna Rubio Slager on Linktr.ee
Ballet 5:8
Julianna Slager (Co-founder of Ballet 5:8 2019)
The School of American Ballet
Ballet Magnificat
Kathy Thibodeaux on LinkedIn
All God’s Children
Olivier Messiaen
Makoto Fujimura
Slow Productivity
This Is Us
Steve Cuss
Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs
Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
Jordan Raynor
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Jenna Barrett (Manager of Brand Advertising and Marketing at Choice Hotels)
21 augustus 2024 · 37 min
How to discern what God wants to renew in your workplace, 3 positive things boasting in weakness produces, and Jordan’s new vocational dream for the New Earth. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Jenna Barret on LinkedIn
Jenna Barret on Instagram
Choice Hotels
Jenna Fortier (Student & Founder of PASTA) (Episode 61)
Jordan Raynor (Host of Mere Christians) (Episode 100)
Aliyah Boston on Instagram
Paige Bueckers on Instagram
Tamika Catchings on Instagram
Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate, and Risk
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
Mere Christians Community
Jordan Raynor
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Joe Rigney (Author of Strangely Bright)
14 augustus 2024 · 43 min
5 practices for ensuring your work doesn’t become an idol, why “gratitude is the on-ramp to adoration” of God, and why Jesus said he is the “bread of life” and not the “grain of life.” Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Joe Rigney
Joe Rigney on X
Joe Rigney on LinkedIn
Strangely Bright
Live Like A Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis's Chronicles
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Leaf by Niggle
‘Mythopoeia’
The Great Divorce
Letters to Malcolm
Jordan Raynor
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Jen Wilkin (Author of Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom)
7 augustus 2024 · 33 min
What Jen envisions her work looking like on the New Earth, how the “dangerous light” in you makes every Christian’s work sacred, and why it’s significant that gold will be trampled on for eternity. Lees meer
Links Mentioned:
Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin on Instagram
Jen Wilkin on X
Revelation - Bible Study Book with Video Access: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom
Jen Wilkin Books
Andy Crouch
The Sacredness of Secular Work
Art and Faith: A Theology of Making
The Knowledge of the Holy
The Holiness of God
Jordan Raynor
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FAN FAVE FLASHBACK: Anne Beiler (Founder of Auntie Anne's)
31 juli 2024 · 45 min
How Christ redeemed Anne after horrific trauma and abuse, how her trauma gave her purpose and ambition for Auntie Anne’s, and how to stop overcomplicating the presence of God. Lees meer
This episode originally aired on August 23, 2023. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc
Links Mentioned:
Auntie Anne Beiler on Instagram
Auntie Anne Beiler
Auntie Anne’s
Twist of Faith
He Will Hold Me Fast on YouTube
Emerge Counseling Ministries
Come to the Table
Disciplines for the Inner Life
Overcome and Lead
Jordan Raynor