Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with Tamika Catchings, Hall of Fame Basketball Player, to talk about how Tamika and Jordan became friends over Called to Create, her surprising answer to the key to mastering her sport, and how mastery and joy have opened up doors for Tamika to share the gospel.

Links Mentioned:

• Tamika Catchings on Twitter
• Tamika Catchings on Instagram
• Tamika Catchings on Facebook
• Tamika Catchings
• Catch a Star
• Catch the Stars Foundation
• Tea’s Me Cafe
• Multiply Conference
• For an Audience of One
• AthletesinAction
• Image of Excellence
• Called to Create
• Master of One

Jordan Raynor sits down Greg Brenneman, Exec. Chairman of CCMP Capital, to talk about how leaders can exude hope and absorb fear in times of crisis, the 1 page, 5 step plan he uses for turning around or “turning up” any business, and why in Greg’s words, “revenue growth is next to godliness.”

Links Mentioned:

• Greg Brenneman
• Right Away & All At Once
• CCMP Capital
• Burger King
• PwC Consulting
• Quiznos
• Home Depot
• Bain Capital
  Bain & Company
• Mitt Romney
• Erik Weihenmayer
• Francis Healy
• Trammell Crow Company
• David Bonderman
• Fortune 500
• Texas Pacific Group
• Jamie Dimon
• JPMorgan Chase
• Craig Menear
• Joel Manby
• Seaworld
• Bernard Marcus
• Arthur Blank
• Ken Langone
• Strong and Weak
• Andy Crouch
• Larry Senn
• Senn Delaney
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Awana
• A.W Tozer
• Timothy Keller
• Mennonite Mutual Aid
• Dorothy L. Sayers
• Same Kind of Different As Me on Amazon
• Episode with Tim Keller
• Every Great Endeavor
• C.S. Lewis
• The Meaning of Marriage
• Tom Cole
• New Canaan Society
• Robert Doll
• Nuveen
• Thomas Britton Harris IV
• Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• UTIMCO

Jordan Raynor sits down with Harris III, professional illusionist, to talk about why wonder is essential for mastery at work, why he (and many of the shows other guests) refuse to wear the mastery label, and how Harris and Jordan geek out over circadian rhythms while sleeping and working.

Links Mentioned:

• Harris III
• Harris III on Twitter
• Harris III on Instagram
• David Copperfield
• Aaron Sorkin
• The West Wing
• The Social Network
• A Few Good Men
• Marshall McLuhan
• The Wonder Switch
• Roald Dahl
• Atomic Habits
• The Artist’s Way
• Full Focus Planner
• Deep Work
• Rise
• Why We Sleep
• Fitbit
• The War of Art
• The Reason for God
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
• Seth Godin
• Jordan Raynor Bookshelf
• Brad Montague

Jordan Raynor sits down with Andrew Campbell, Master Craftsman and Owner of Beaver Hill Woodcrafters, to talk about how mediocre work takes the Lord’s name in vain, how to calm “the cocktail party inside our minds,” and the death of ambition and the value of living a “quiet life.”

Links Mentioned:

• Beaver Hill Woodcrafters on Instagram
• Red Gypsy Wagon Airbnb
• Youth Dynamics
• Outliers: The Story of Success
• Malcolm Gladwell on Twitter
• The Tipping Point
• Master of One
• Deep Work
• Good Work
• Into the Silent Land
• Jordan Raynor Bookshelf

Jordan Raynor sits down with Kevin and Sam Sorbo, Film and Television Actors, to talk about why we must focus on mastering our crafts before we push any particular agenda, Kevin’s conversation with Johnny Depp about watching your own work and, how to “put miles on the car” on the path to mastery.

Links Mentioned:

• Kevin Sorbo
• Kevin Sorbo on Twitter
• Sam Sorbo
• Sam Sorbo on Twitter
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• God’s Not Dead
• Guthrie Theatre
• Andromeda
• Universal Studios
• What If
• Unplanned
• Soul Surfer
• Let There Be Light
• Killing Kennedy
• Killing England
• Killing Lincoln
• They’re Your Kids
• Jim Caviezel
• True Faith

Jordan Raynor sits down with Jenna Fortier, Founder of PASTA - Peers and Students Taking Action, to talk about her genius habit of emailing God her prayers, why the truth that you can’t be anything you want to be is paradoxically freeing, and how to use being relatively unknown to your advantage at work.

Links Mentioned:

• Jenna Fortier on LinkedIn
• Jenna Fortier on Twitter
• Peers and Students Taking Action (PASTA)
• High Point University
• Brett Hagler
• Strong and Weak
• Master of One
• Called to Create
• Threshold 360
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• Every Good Endeavor
• The Go-Giver
• Good the Great
• Built to Last
• Great by Choice
• Jordan Raynor Bookshelf
• Sheryl J. Anderson

Jordan Raynor sits down with Phil Corson, Senior Product Manager at 7shifts, to talk about the value of literally “doing what your customer does” in order to cultivate empathy, how to get deep work done in a collaborative office environment, and how Phil and his team are using software to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Links Mentioned:

• Phil Corson on LinkedIn
• Phil Corson on Twitter
• 7shifts
• Threshold 360
• GasBuddy
• The Lean Startup
• Master of One
• Teamworthy Ventures
• Called to Create
• Mister Rogers
• Why We Buy
• FaithTech
• James Kelly
• Doug Gehman on Twitter
• Before You Quit
• Angela Duckworth
• Moody Publishers
• Malcolm Gladwell

Jordan Raynor sits down with Chris Basham, Lead Pastor of The Church at Odessa, to talk about why our sometimes “insufficient” view of the gospel leads to a bad theology of work, how gaps in between creation and delivery of content lead to great analogies, and how every job—even trash collection—brings us closer to Eden.

Links Mentioned:

• Chris Basham
• Church at Odessa
• Tim Keller
• The Gospel According to Paul
• John MacArthur
• The Gospel According to God
• Knowing God
• J.I. Packer
• Master of One
• John Piper
• N.T Wright
• Jen Wilkin
• C.S Lewis
• David Platt
• Surprised by Hope
• Desiring God
• Counter Culture
• Don’t Waste Your Life
• John Cordova

Jordan Raynor sits down with Mike Maihack, Graphic Novelist, to talk about why Mike initially declined an offer from Dreamworks, how the Old Testament’s “slow crawl to Jesus” inspires Mike’s stories, and how we can all—regardless of our vocations—think about “writing characters, not Christians.”

Links Mentioned:

• Mike Maihack
• Mike Maihack on Instagram
• Mike Maihack on YouTube
• Mike Maihack on Twitter
• Cleopatra in Space TV Series
• Scholastic
• DreamWorks
• Peacock
• Bone
• Chronicles of Narnia
• The Lord of the Rings
• Stephen Lawhead
• Toy Story
• Comic-Con
• Ryan Holiday
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Brick by Brick: Principles for Achieving Artistic Mastery
• Understanding Comics
• Jordan Raynor Bookshelf
• Jon Acuff