Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with João Branco, CMO of Arcos Dorado (Brazil), to talk about how creating “delicious, feel-good moments” connects to God’s work in the world, the simple routine he performs each morning to remind himself of his why before work, and the brilliant, practical exercise he took his team through to pivot their marketing plans during the pandemic.

Links Mentioned:

• João Branco
• João Branco on Instagram
• Chamados para criar
• Arcos Dorados
• YouVersion
• Timothy Keller
• Called to Create in Portuguese
• Called to Create
• The Discovery: Exploring God's Call On Your Life

Jordan Raynor sits down with Amy Downs, CEO of Allegiance Credit Union, to talk about what she prayed while buried in the rubble of the OKC bombing, her 4 steps to practicing hope, and how to cultivate self-awareness.

Links Mentioned:

• Amy Downs on LinkedIn
• Amy Downs on Facebook
• Amy Downs on Twitter
• Amy Downs
• Allegiance Credit Union
• Hope Is a Verb
• Getting Things Done
• Hope Rising
• Radical Candor
• No Rules Rules
• The Motive

Jordan Raynor sits down with Ali Llewellyn & Nick Skytland, NASA Innovators, to talk about the two unique advantages the Church has for shaping the future of the world, how to cast vision based on future possibilities rather than the familiar past, and why interdependence is a key to mastery.

Links Mentioned:

• Ali Llewellyn on Twitter
• Nicholas Skytland on Twitter
• Nicholas Skytland on LinkedIn
• NASA
• NASA Twitter Account
• Quite Uncommon
• Campus Crusade 
• Al Jazeera
• What Comes Next? On Amazon
• Frozen 2
• Hamilton
• Yuri's Night
• Ironman
• The Great Divorce on Amazon
• The Space Trilogy on Amazon
• Every Moment Holy
• Jordan Raynor’s Bookshelf
• WIRED
• What Technology Wants on Amazon 
• Will Mancini
• God Dreams on Amazon
• Church Unique
• Younique
• Drew Morgan

Jordan Raynor sits down with Jon Acuff, Author of Soundtracks, to talk about Yanni, 3 questions to ask of every soundtrack, and how to teach kids about the goodness of work.

Links Mentioned:

• Jon Acuff on Twitter
• Jon Acuff on Instagram
• Jon Acuff on LinkedIn
• Jon Acuff
• Jon Acuff Books
• Soundtracks
• Soundtracks
• All it Take is a Goal Podcast
• Stuff Christians Like
• The Voice of The Heart
• War of Art
• A Technique for Producing Ideas

Jordan Raynor sits down with Cal Newport, Author of A World Without Email, to talk about how we can escape the tyranny of our email inboxes, how his career as a writer started with a college dare, and why he hears from pastors more than almost anyone else about Deep Work and Digital Minimalism.

Links Mentioned:

• Cal Newport
• Cal Newport on Twitter
• Deep Questions Podcast
• Deep Work
• Digital Minimalism
• So Good They Can't Ignore You
• A World Without Email
• Other Books by Cal Newport
• Lincoln's Virtues
• The Case for God

Jordan Raynor sits down with Emily Ley, Founder of Simplified, to talk about why she volunteered to cut 40% of her revenue, the magic of “batch planning,” and why Christ-followers should be the boldest people on the planet.

Links Mentioned:

• Emily Ley on LinkedIn
• Emily Ley on Twitter
• Emily Ley on Instagram
• Simplified
• Simplified on Instagram
• The Simplified Podcast
• Growing Boldly
• The Four Winds
• Essentialism
• Atomic Habits 
• A World Without Email

Jordan Raynor sits down with Janeen Uzzell, COO of Wikipedia, to talk about how Janeen manages the tension between “hustling” and “trusting” in God, how to build diverse teams that boost your bottom line, and what it looks like to show your kids that you really believe in them.

Links Mentioned:

• Janeen Uzzell
• Janeen Uzzell on Twitter
• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Black Enterprise
• Paula Madison
• Mercy Ships
• Called to Create
• OKR
• Hot Seat
• Gay Girl, Good God
• We're Going to Need More Wine
• Coors Brewery
• Cheryl Bachelder

Jordan Raynor sits down with Dr. Caroline Leaf, Cognitive Neuroscientist, to talk about a 5 step neurocycle that can help us live out Paul’s command to renew our mind and take every thought captive, the spirituality of science, and what we can learn about mental health from Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Caroline Leaf
• Dr. Caroline Leaf on Twitter
• Dr. Caroline Leaf on YouTube
• Dr. Caroline Leaf on Instagram
• Dr. Caroline Leaf Books

Jordan Raynor sits down with Candace Cameron Bure, Actress, to talk about the origins of her signature phrase, “Oh Mylanta,” how practically she initiates conversations about faith in the workplace, and the sign in her church that changed her perspective on Hollywood.

Links Mentioned:

• Candace Cameron Bure on Twitter
• Candace Cameron Bure on Instagram
• Candace Cameron Bure on Facebook
• Candace Cameron Bure
• Candace’s Playful Puppy
• Kind is the New Classy
• Excellence Wins
• Horst Schulze Episode

Jordan Raynor sits down with Sam Verghese, the COO of Florida Virtual School, to talk about the leadership lessons he learned scaling-up to serve 10X number of students in just a few months, why Sam has chosen to dissent from the Kingdom of Noise of news and social media, and the significance of the fact that Jesus focused his ministry in a single geographic setting.

Links Mentioned:

• Assessment: jordanraynor.com/learn
• Sam Verghese
• Florida Virtual School
• Dr. Algaze
• The Effective Executive
• John Wooden
• Admiral William McRaven Graduation Speech
• Called to Create
• Peyton Manning
• John Piper
• Embracing Obscurity
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Wooden on Leadership
• Nick Foles