Mere Christians

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.

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
• 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)
• Episode 268: Kathy Keller (Co-author of The Meaning of Marriage)
• On Birth
• On Marriage
• On Death
• The Jesus Storybook Bible
• The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
• No Rules Rules
• The Road Less Stupid
• Shoe Dog
• When Breath Becomes Air
• Episode 286: Anna Kemp (Grad Student)
• Every Good Endeavor
• The Redeeming Your Time Mastermind
• Bonton Farms
• Kayleigh Cox on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor & Company
• Mere Christians Podcast

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