Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, to talk about why climate change is a pro-life issue, how the “expressed word” of God’s creation aligns with the “written word” of Scripture, and how combating climate change can help Christians provide food, clean water, and shelter to the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
• Dr. Katharine Hayhoe on Twitter
• Dr. Katharine Hayhoe TED Talk
• Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe (YouTube)
• Timothy Keller
• Francis Collins
• Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
• InterVarsity Graduate Christina Fellowship
• Stephen Covey
• Evangelical Environmental Network
• Heaven
• Elaine Ecklund
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• The Evangelicals

Jordan Raynor sits down with Andy Le Peau, a lifelong editor and author of Write Better, to talk about how the gospel gives us the courage to create and stop creating, the wisdom of taking all your vacation at the same time, and how "the idol of individualism” can impact our work.

Links Mentioned:

• Andy Le Peau
• Write Better
• Andy Unedited Blog
• InterVarsity Press
• Andy Crouch
• N.T. Wright
• Christianity Today
• Steve Jobs
• Scott Kaufman
• Every Good Endeavour
• Culture Making
• John Mark Comer
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• William Zinsser
• Playing God
• Strong and Weak

Jordan Raynor sits down with his dad, Tom Raynor, a world-class salesperson turned entrepreneur, to talk about what Jordan learned while frequently going to work with his dad as a kid, what is takes to be in the top 1% of sales performers in a massive industry, and how Jordan’s dad earned the nickname Claw-Pa.

Links Mentioned:

• Nu Vista Foods Group
• Master of One
• Called to Create

Jordan Raynor sits down with Emily P. Freeman, bestselling author of The Next Right Thing, to talk about her response to The Next Right Thing in Frozen II, the genius of “theme days” on your calendar, and how to avoid the temptation to “fake mastery.”

Links Mentioned:

• Emily P. Freeman
• Emily P. Freeman on Twitter
• The Next Right Thing Podcast
• The Next Right Thing
• “The Next Right Thing” Song on YouTube
• Kristen Bell on Twitter
• The Walt Disney Company
• University of North Carolina Greensboro
• Annie Downs
• B.J. Novak on Twitter
• Greg Daniels
• Tim Ferriss
• Oprah
• Master of One
• Parks and Recreation
• John Ortberg
• Hope*Writers
• Threshold 360
• Dallas Willard
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• The Good and Beautiful God Series
• To Bless the Space Between Us
• Candace Cameron Bure
• James Bryan Smith on Twitter

Jordan Raynor sits down with N.T. Wright, whom Newsweek has called “the world’s leading New Testament scholar,” to talk about why Paul is “rolling over in his grave” over the Church’s response to George Floyd and systemic racism, the danger in the Church’s overemphasis on “saving souls,” and how the work we do today can physically last into eternity.

Links Mentioned:

• NT Wright
• N.T. Wright on Twitter
• Timothy Keller
• God and the Pandemic
• Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus
• Zondervan
• History and Eschatology
• Paul: A Biography
• William Wilberforce
• Surprised by Hope
• E.P. Sanders
• Romans Disarmed
• Brian J. Walsh
• Sylvia Keesmaat
• Haley Goranson Jacob
• Conformed to the Image of His Son
• Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
• Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels
• Scot McKnight

Jordan Raynor sits down with Joon (J.S.) Park, Hospital Chaplain and author, to talk about how the Lord moved him from a “devout atheist” to a hospital chaplain, the three phone habits he employs that positively affect his mental health, and how God’s sovereignty is manifested through the “miracle” of our work.

Links Mentioned:

• Joon Park
• Joon Park on Instagram
• Joon Park on Twitter
• The Voices We Carry
• Cleopatra in Space
• Jordan Raynor
• Master of One
• Made to Stick
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Timothy Keller
• Every Good Endeavor
• Being Mortal
• Chris Pratt on Instagram
• Moody Publishers

Jordan Raynor sits down with Sheryl Anderson, Showrunner of Netflix’s #1 new show, Sweet Magnolias, to talk about Netflix’s reaction to the Christian characters Sheryl wrote into this megahit show, how we can model Jesus’s “gospel subtext” as we tell great stories through our work, and how to give and take great “notes” of feedback.

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Sheryl J. Anderson on IMDB
• Sheryl J. Anderson on Twitter
• Sweet Magnolias 
• Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do
• The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
• Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

Jordan Raynor sits down with Noah Elias, to talk about how to make space to hear the “screaming whisper” of God, the most common disciplines of highly successful creatives, and how Christ-followers can work for a “100X” eternal reward.

Links Mentioned:

• Noah Elias
• Noah Elias on Instagram
• Noah Elias on Twitter
• Noah Elias on LinkedIn
• 31 Disciplines of Highly Successful Creatives
• Cal Newport
• Timothy Keller
• ArtCenter College of Design
• WHOOP
• David Allen
• Getting Things Done
• Stephen R. Covey
• The Law of Rewards
• Wild at Heart
• War of Art, The
• Heaven
• Norman Rockwell

Jordan Raynor sits down with Duane Blasdel, Camp Director at Mapleridge Ranch, to talk about what Duane did to increase his camper retention rate from 40% to 80%, why boards of advisors are so valuable and how to easily build one, and his powerful testimony of seeing God do “immeasurably more” than he could imagine in his work.

Links Mentioned: 

• Duane Blasdel on LinkedIn
• Duane Blasdel on Twitter
• Mapleridge
• Jordan Raynor
• Master of One
• Called to Create
• Startup Stories
• Standout
• Good to Great
• Garden City
• Deep Work
• Basecamp
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• The Circle Maker
• Do Over
• Kanye West
• Jon Acuff