Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with Sam Eitzen, Co-founder of Snapbar, to talk about the genius of learning entrepreneurship on someone else’s dime, how you can win at business by “caring about the boring stuff,” and why there’s no such thing as a “Christian business.”

Links Mentioned:

• Sam Eitzen on LinkedIn
• Sam Eitzen on Twitter
• The SnapBar
• Inc.
• The Missional Entrepreneur
• Rhino Camera Gear
• CES
• Master of One
• Sayfie Review
• Threshold 360
• Jeff Bezos on Twitter
• Good to Great
• The E-Myth Revisited
• Malcolm Gladwell on Twitter
• Patrick Lencioni on Twitter
• The Advantage
• Global Leadership Summit

Jordan Raynor sits down with Mark Fincannon, an Emmy Award-winning casting director, to talk about how casting a TV show works week-in week-out, the incredible story behind casting End of the Spear (the story of Jim Elliot), and how Christians can “impose hope” rather than their explicit faith in film.

Links Mentioned:

• Mark Fincannon
• Emmy Awards
• Steven Spielberg
• George Lucas 
• David Lynch
• Ray
• The Blind Side
• Sandra Bullock
• Homeland
• Dawson's Creek
• One Tree Hill 
• Nashville
• End of the Spear
• Jim Elliott
• Oscars
• 1917
• Parasite
• Fox
• The Resident
• CBS
• NBC
• Wells Fargo
• Dick Clark 
• Killers Three
• Bonnie & Clyde
• Peanuts
• Stroker Ace
• Burt Reynolds
• Loni Anderson
• Frank Capra Jr.
• Stephen King
• Firestarter
• Dino De Laurentiis
• It Happened One Night
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• King Kong
• De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
• Wycliffe Bible Translators
• The Mission
• From the Earth to the Moon
• HBO
• Tom Hanks
• NASA
• Ray Charles
• C.S. Lewis
• The Case for Christ
• Mike Vogel
• Aaron Sorkin
• The West Wing
• Carly Fiorina
• Netflix
• Disney+
• Michael van Dyke
• Paradigm
• Ralph Winter
• X-Men
• Same Kind of Different as Me
• Greg Kinnear
• Renée Zellweger
• What's So Amazing About Grace?
• Philip Yancey
• Rory Noland
• Heart of the Artist 
• Willow Creek
• Bill Hybels
• The Devil is in Pew Number Seven
• Rebecca Alonzo
• Anthony Hopkins
• The Two Popes
• Fred Rogers
• Hollywood Reporter Roundtable
• Maxwell King

Jordan Raynor sits down with Kristin Molenaar, Founder of YesBossVA, to talk about how to delegate well, habits for “starting days slowly,” and why less is sometimes more when it comes to consuming content.

Links Mentioned:

• Kristin Molenaar on LinkedIn
• YesBoss VA
• Sumo Maya
• HireMyMom
• Threshold 360
• Richard Branson on Twitter
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• Clockwork
• Marshawn Evans Daniels
• Called to Create
• Master of One

Jordan Raynor sits down with Mignon Francois, Founder of The Cupcake Collection, to talk about their quest for the best donut on earth, the benefits of not raising capital, and how to earn the right to be mentored by the world’s most masterful people.

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Master of One
• Called to Create
• Mignon Francois
• The Cupcake Collection
• The Cupcake Collection Twitter
• TripAdvisor
• Black Enterprise Magazine
• BAM 323
• Donut Palace
• Chris' Donuts
• Gibson's Donuts
• Hole in One Donuts
• Firecakes
• Entrepreneur Center
• Catalyst
• Threshold 360
• The West Wing
• The Successful Principles

Jordan Raynor sits down with David Block, Founder of Previnex, to talk about the leap of faith David took to give away vitamins to malnourished children before it made sense financially, the wild story about how 3 separate street preachers in 3 separate subway cars helped lead David to Christ, and what Abraham and Joseph can teach us about patience in our work.

Links Mentioned:

• Master of One
• Jordan Raynor
• Jordan Raynor on Twitter
• Jordan Raynor Email
• David Block on LinkedIn
• David Block on Twitter
• Previnex
• Wall Street Journal
• TOMS
• Pepperdine
• Scott Harrison
• charity: water
• The 80/20 Principle
• Essentialism
• Greg Brennaman
• Continental
• Jim Collins
• Great By Choice
• Scott Stephenson
• Verisk
• Forbes
• Elon Musk
• Jeff Bezos
• Cheryl Bachelder
• Citibank
• Rob Pelinka
• LA Lakers

Jordan Raynor sits down with Maxwell King, Author of The Good Neighbor (the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers) to talk about how Fred “rehearsed” each day through prayer, which books Fred was reading on his deathbed, and the transformative moment in which Fred realized his work was ministry.

Links Mentioned:

• Maxwell King
• Fred Rogers
• Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
• The Good Neighbor
• The Pittsburgh Foundation
• The Fred Rogers Center
• The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Won't You Be My Neighbor?
• The Heinz Endowments
• Joanne Rogers
• Rollins College
• The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
• Dr. Margaret McFarland
• Dr. Berry Brazelton
• Dr. Benjamin Spock
• Erik Erikson
• Sesame Street
• Pittsburgh Athletic Association
• WQED
• John Mark Comer
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• Henri Nouwen

Jordan Raynor sits down with Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP and 2016 presidential hopeful, to talk about her fond (and not so fond) memories of the campaign trail, the difference between following a path and following a plan for your career, and how technology played a role in drawing Carly closer to Christ.

Links Mentioned:

• Carly Fiorina
• Hewlett-Packard
• Find Your Way
• By Example Podcast
• The Good Neighbor
• John Maxwell
• Called to Create
• Master of One

Jordan Raynor sits down with Chris Perry, the Lead Researcher for Jordan’s latest book, Master of One. In this conversation, Jordan and Chris talk through their process for researching and writing Master of One, how the promise of Heaven on Earth should shape our work today, and the value of a weekly “mind dump.”

Links Mentioned:

• Chris Perry on Linkedin
• Chris Perry on Instagram
• Master of One on Amazon
• YouVersion
• David Boudia
• Fred Rogers
• Tony Dungy
• Monday Night Brewing
• Brett Hagler
• New Story
• Called to Create
• Antoni Gaudí
• Evernote
• Jeff Heck on Twitter
• Jeff Heck on Call to Mastery
• Bob Horton on LinkedIn
• C. S. Lewis
• John Mark Comer
• John Mark Comer on Call to Mastery
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry on Amazon
• Christy Adams on Call to Mastery
• Missy Magnussen Wallace
• Missy Wallace on Call to Mastery
• Praxis
• Lectio Divina - Bible Society
• The Art of Manliness
• Getting Things Done
• Surprised by Hope
• N.T Wright
• Timothy Keller
• Desiring the Kingdom on Amazon
• You Are What You Love on Amazon
• Amusing Ourselves to Death on Amazon
• Invisible Creature
• Kevin DeYoung
• The Biggest Story on Amazon
• Malcolm Gladwell
• The Tipping Point on Amazon
• David and Goliath on Amazon
• Jordan Raynor
• Jordan Raynor on Twitter
• Jordan Raynor’s email

Jordan Raynor sits down with Luke LeFevre, Chief Creative Officer at Ramsey Solutions, to discuss how a copy of Called to Create at Goodwill led to their meeting, the importance of hiring mission-focused people, and why Luke so strongly recommends journaling to anyone looking to master the art of leadership.

Links Mentioned:

• Luke's tips on journaling
• Luke LeFevre
• Luke LeFevre on LinkedIn
• Luke LeFevre on Twitter
• Ramsey Solutions 
• Jordan Raynor 
• Jordan Raynor on LinkedIn 
• Master of One
• Royal Caribbean 
• La Sagrada Familia 
• Called to Create
• Douglas Gresham 
• Pearl Jam 
• John Grisham 
• Threshold 360 
• Casey Cox on LinkedIn 
• Rachel Cruze 
• Netflix 
• Hulu 
• Ken Coleman 
• The Dave Ramsey Show
• The War of Art
• The Inner Voice of Love 
• Wild at Heart 
• I Don’t Want to Talk About It 
• Denzel Washington 
• God and Hamilton

Jordan Raynor sits down with Douglas Gresham, C.S. Lewis's stepson and Executive Producer of Disney and Netflix's Narnia series, to share a detailed account of C.S. Lewis’s daily routines as he pursued mastery of his craft, Doug’s surprising first encounter with his soon-to-be stepdad at the age of 8, and which Lewis book Doug gives away most frequently.

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Links Mentioned:

• Douglas Gresham
• The C.S. Lewis Company
• Lenten Lands
• ‘Till We Have Faces
• Master of One
• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• Out of The Silent Planet
• Perelandra
• I Can Only Imagine
• A Grief Observed
• Ralph Winter
• Jack’s Life
• Joy Davidman