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. 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 St...
Dec 04, 2024•41 min•Ep. 270
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. 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 (Boo...
Nov 27, 2024•27 min•Ep. 269
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. 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:...
Nov 20, 2024•31 min•Ep. 268
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.” 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 Th...
Nov 13, 2024•47 min•Ep. 267
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. 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...
Nov 06, 2024•43 min•Ep. 266
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. 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 (Janito...
Oct 30, 2024•48 min•Ep. 265
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. 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, ...
Oct 23, 2024•45 min•Ep. 264
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. 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...
Oct 16, 2024•39 min•Ep. 263
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." 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 Yo...
Oct 09, 2024•38 min•Ep. 262
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. Links Mentioned: Jena Viviano Dunay on LinkedIn Jena Viviano (Career Strategist) New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional Jordan Raynor...
Oct 02, 2024•37 min•Ep. 261
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. 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...
Sep 25, 2024•34 min•Ep. 260
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 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 Grac...
Sep 18, 2024•28 min•Ep. 259
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. 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 Jorda...
Sep 11, 2024•31 min•Ep. 258
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. 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...
Sep 04, 2024•45 min•Ep. 257
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. 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 Thibodeau...
Aug 28, 2024•33 min•Ep. 256
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. 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...
Aug 21, 2024•37 min•Ep. 255
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.” 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...
Aug 14, 2024•43 min•Ep. 254
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. 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 Ra...
Aug 07, 2024•33 min•Ep. 253
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. 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 Lin...
Jul 31, 2024•45 min
What the “dirty jobs” of God mean for you and me, the power of dwelling on what God has saved you from, and how to “choose joy” in a job you don’t love. This episode originally aired on July 19, 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: Janitor Jos...
Jul 24, 2024•31 min
How the truth that “God’s will is much more a way than a thing” leads to a radical freedom in life and work, the difference between “justifying your legitimacy” and “expressing your belovedness” through your work, and the most brilliant interpretation of Ecclesiastes I’ve ever heard. This episode originally aired on July 5, 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 po...
Jul 17, 2024•46 min
Why common grace is the key to worshiping more while you work and experience the work of others, how calling out the work of non-Christians as God’s work can build bridges for sharing the gospel, and how Jordan explained to his kids how God protected them on a recent road trip. This episode originally aired on June 14, 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...
Jul 10, 2024•43 min
How to shift from “playing not to lose” to “playing to win,” why acknowledging that you’ll never have a pure motive is unbelievably empowering, and how to take your Christian community with you mentally as you do hard things. This episode originally aired on March 15, 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 st...
Jul 03, 2024•45 min
How to speak up for the powerless in your office, how to take a stand for God’s way in a God-honoring way at work, and why we need Christians rushing INTO “secular” workplaces in order to claim them as sacred. This episode originally aired on December 7, 2022. 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 p...
Jun 26, 2024•45 min
Why Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday and what it means for your work, how a biblical view of heaven assigns untold dignity to the work you do today, and how to use everything from Altoids to doorframes to cultivate an awareness of God’s presence at work. This episode originally aired on September 28, 2022. 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 ...
Jun 19, 2024•49 min
How Jodi has responded to criticism of Disney from Christians, why Jodi thinks of ministry as less of what she does for a living and more of who she is while she’s doing what she’s doing, and how to spot where the Spirit is moving as you work. This episode originally aired on September 14, 2022. 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 th...
Jun 12, 2024•57 min
How Ron “made love visual” through the Apple Store, his final conversation with Steve Jobs while Jobs was on his deathbed, and why he chose to “start at the bottom” of the career ladder when he had every opportunity not to. This episode originally aired on June 22, 2022. 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...
Jun 05, 2024•40 min
The first 3 things Joni plans to do when heaven comes to earth, how everything we do in this life either increases or decreases our capacity for leadership on the New Earth, and how our work can be “ingredients in God’s happiness.” This episode originally aired on June 15, 2022. 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 yo...
May 29, 2024•29 min
The incredible impact of Antique Candle Co.'s “Prayer Committee," how Brittany’s faith compelled her to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a “non-essential” company perk, and what heaven might smell like. Links Mentioned: Brittany Whitenack on LinkedIn Brittany Whitenack on Instagram Antique Candle Co. Sign Up for the Antique Candle Co. Newsletter The Sacredness of Secular Work Master of Scale Ep. 138: Find Co-creators Everywhere: Exploding Kittens Inc.’s Elan Lee Exploding Kittens David Bloc...
May 22, 2024•42 min•Ep. 252
The 8-step process to landing your dream job in a God-honoring way, the “half-baked theology” keeping Christians stuck professionally, and 3 things that should set apart how Christians search for jobs while employed. Links Mentioned: Kelsey Kemp on LinkedIn Kelsey Kemp on X Kelsey Kemp on Instagram Kelsey Kemp on Facebook The Called Career Job Dictionary Answer the Call on Spotify Luke 18 Galatians 3:10 ‘Three Questions to Unlock Your Authentic Career: Ashley Stahl at TEDxBerkeley’ Timothy Kelle...
May 15, 2024•50 min•Ep. 251
