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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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