Jordan Raynor (Host of the Mere Christians podcast)
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...
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The Call to Mastery with Jordan Raynor
This is a podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of God and the good of others. Each week, Jordan Raynor (entrepreneur and bestselling author of Call...
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20 of 318 episodesDr. Karen Swallow Prior (Author of You Have a Calling)
How the advice to “follow your passions” can lead to an unbiblical sense of entitlement, how to follow “the true, good, and beautiful” today...
Wilson Smith (Fmr. Shoe Designer at Nike)
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...
Will Acuff (Founder of Corner to Corner)
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 sto...
Dr. Praveen Sethupathy (Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University)
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. Sethup...
Dave Stuart, Jr. (High School Teacher)
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...
Kevin Olusola (Member of Pentatonix)
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” th...
Roy Tinklenberg (Founder of Faith and Work Movement Global)
Why Roy moved from planting a church to supporting believers working in big companies, how to start a sponsored Christian fellowship in your...
Kaleigh Cox (Co-Author of Five Mere Christians)
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...
S.D. Smith (Author of The Green Ember series)
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...
Laura Wifler (Poet + Author of Your Worth Never Wavers)
How to find biblical freedom and courage to quit something professionally, how Laura and I have both cultivated a willingness to be misunder...
Tim Croll (LEGO Masters contestant + Director of Serious Play at Narrative.live)
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...
Audiobook excerpt of Five Mere Christians
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Skye Jethani (Author of What If Jesus Was Serious About Justice?)
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...
Sarah Maddack (Silly Song Artist)
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...
Anna Kemp (Grad Student)
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...
Devon Havenaar (Carpenter)
How self-care can lead to self-forgetfulness and ultimately self-sacrifice, how the speed of light can encourage you in your wordless evange...
Katelyn Miller (Early Intervention Teacher)
Why following Jesus is not just about avoiding sin but doing righteousness in your work, how to wrestle with the cosmic significance AND ins...
Kurt Avery (Founder of Sawyer Products)
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...
Hannah Brencher (Author of The Unplugged Hours)
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...