Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with his good friend Christy Adams, a masterful educator, to talk about why finding your “one thing” requires a ton of career experimentation, the importance of getting feedback from those you serve (even if they’re middle schoolers), and how the Lord grants us power as we achieve mastery of our crafts.

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• Christy Adams on Facebook
• Jeff Heck
• Monday Night Brewing
• Master of One
• Called to Create
• University of Georgia
• Mark Twain
• Range
• David Epstein
• Grit
• Angela Duckworth
• Sherron Watkins
• Enron
• Stephen King
• 11/22/63
• James Franco
• Little Blue Truck
• Jen Wilkin
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Kanye West
• C.S. Lewis

Jordan Raynor sits down with Stefan Kunz, internationally acclaimed artist and hand letterer, to talk about how Stefan thinks about being open about his faith even when working with non-Christian clients at places like Apple and Coca-Cola, what Stefan’s routines are that enable him to consistently produce great art, and how Stefan’s “30 Days of Bible Lettering” challenge took off. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Aundi Kolber, author of Try Softer.

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• Stefan Kunz 
• Stefan Kunz on Instagram
• Stefan Kunz on Twitter
• Aundi Kolber 
• Aundi Kolber on Twitter
• Jordan Raynor 
• Jordan Raynor on LinkedIn 
• Master of One
• Royal Caribbean 
• La Sagrada Familia 
• Called to Create
• YouVersion 
• Antoni Gaudi 
• Dr. Anders Ericsson 
• Atomic Habits
• FitBit
• Star Alliance
• 30 Days of Bible Lettering
• Apple
• Coca-Cola 
• Love Does
• Everybody Always 
• Building a Story Brand 
• Excellence Wins
• Justin Bieber
• Chance The Rapper
• Ellen 
• Selena Gomez
• Jonas Brothers
• Try Softer

Jordan Raynor sits down with his literary agent, DJ Snell, to talk about how to get a book deal with no platform, the impact Payne Stewart’s death had on DJ’s career, and the Church’s overemphasis on the depravity of man. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Drew Dyck, author of Your Future Self Will Thank You.

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• DJ Snell on LinkedIn
• Legacy
• Drew Dyck
• Your Future Self Will Thank You 
• Jordan Raynor 
• Jordan Raynor on LinkedIn 
• Master of One
• Royal Caribbean 
• Called to Create
• Tony Dungy on Twitter
• Payne Stewart 
• Jerry Maguire
• Joe Gibbs 
• Mark McCormack 
• Arnold Palmer 
• Quiet Strength 
• The Jay Leno Show 
• Barnes & Noble 
• LifeWay 
• Thomas Nelson 
• Zondervan 
• WaterBrook & Multnomah 
• Baker Publishing Group
• C.S. Lewis
• N. T. Wright 
• Wild at Heart 
• The Lord of the Rings 
• The Chronicles of Narnia 
• Dolly Parton 
• John Mark Comer 
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Jordan Raynor sits down with Carey Nieuwhof, Founding Pastor of Connexus Church, to talk about the seven greatest challenges nobody expects, but everyone experiences, how we can be “dealers of hope” through our work, and how Carey made himself a morning person.

Links Mentioned:

• Carey Nieuwhof
• Connexus Church
• Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
• John Ortberg
• Toronto Film Festival
• Toronto Christmas Market
• University of Toronto
• Knox College
• University College
• Jordan Peterson
• Diablo’s
• Jim Carey
• Mike Myers
• Drake
• The Barenaked Ladies
• The Weekend
• Shania Twain
• Celine Dion
• North Point Church
• Reggie Joiner
• Andy Stanley
• Master of One
• Osgoode
• Fan 590
• Didn’t See it Coming
• Atticus Finch
• Emmerson Eggerichs
• Seinfeld
• The High Impact Leader
• Tony Dungy
• C.S. Lewis
• Douglas Gresham
• Scott Harrison
• Charity: Water
• Ted Turner
• Bill Gates
• Jim Collins 
• Good to Great
• John Acuff
• Cal Newport
• John Mayer
• Hamilton
• N.T. Wright
• Surprised by Hope
• Henri Nouwen
• The Genesee Diary
• Patrick Lencioni
• The Advantage
• Cloud and Townsend
• Necessary Endings
• John Calvin
• The Institutes
• Michael Servetus
• Threshold 360
• Preorder Jordan’s Book

Jordan Raynor sits down with Missy Wallace, Executive Director of the Nashville Institute for Faith and Work, to talk about the significance of Jesus being born into the home of a carpenter, Missy’s incredible path from management consulting to being one of the world’s leading thinkers on the topic of faith and work, and what church leaders can be doing to help every member understand the eternal significance of their work.

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• Missy Wallace LinkedIn
• Nashville Institute for Faith and Work
• Jordan Raynor 
• Jordan Raynor on LinkedIn 
• Master of One on Amazon
• Enneagram Institute
• Jena Viviano
• Young Life
• Boston Consulting Group
• Katherine Alsdorf on LinkedIn
• Dorothy Sayers’s Why Work 
• The Gospel Coalition 
• “Find your passion” may not be the best advice after all 
• Amy Wrzesniewski
• Nashville Rescue Mission
• Kristyn Getty
• Abide
• Pray as you go 
• Praxis Labs
• Called To Create 
• N.T Wright 
• Surprised by Hope 
• Timothy Keller 
• Heaven 
• Made to Flourish
• Porter’s Gate Group 
• Every Good Endeavor on Amazon 
• Pursuing God’s Work Together on Amazon
• Strong and Weak on Amazon
• Working in the Presence of God on Amazon 
• Greg McKeown 
• Emily P Freeman 
• Jon Acuff
• Tony Dungy
• Bobby Bowden

Jordan Raynor sits down with Jeff Heck, Co-founder and CEO of Monday Night Brewing, to discuss C.S. Lewis’s love of beer, the phenomenal increase in productivity Jeff experienced when he went from working on multiple things to focusing on just one, and why “weekends are overrated.”

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• Jeff Heck on LinkedIn
• Jeff Heck on Twitter
• Monday Night Brewing
• Master of One
• C.S. Lewis
• The Eagle and Child
• Inklings
• Angry Chair Brewing
• Nutella
• Harvard Business School
• The Home Depot
• David Brooks on Twitter
• Theshold 360
• Emotionally Health Spirituality
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• John Mark Comer
• Pete Scazzero
• Every Good Endeavor
• The Other Six Days
• To Change the World
• Desiring the Kingdom
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Radical Candor
• The Culture Code
• Strong and Weak
• Culture Making

Jordan Raynor sits down with John Mark Comer, pastor and author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, to talk about why hurry is “the great enemy of spiritual life,” how to turn off “internal noise” that leads to anxiety, and their mutual love of Aaron Sorkin (creator of The West Wing, The Social Network, etc.).

Pre-order Jordan's new book, Master of One, and enter to win a European cruise for two, dinner with Jordan in Barcelona, and a private tour of the magnificent La Sagrada Familia: https://jordanraynor.com/trip

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• The Call to Mastery
• Called to Create
• Master of One
• John Mark Comer
• Garden City
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
• God Has A Name
• John Mark Comer on Twitter
• The West Wing
• Aaron Sorkin
• Moneyball
• The Social Network
• Antoni Gaudi
• La Sagrada Familia
• Greg McKeown
• Essentialism
• Cal Newport
• Benjamin Franklin
• Mark Twain
• Range
• Deep Work
• John Ortberg
• Dallas Willard
• Steve Jobs
• Elon Musk
• So Good They Can't Ignore You
• Amy Wrzesniewski
• Timothy Keller
• Sacred Fire
• Letters by a Modern Mystic
• Denzel Washington

Jordan Raynor sits down with William Warren and Meg Easterbrook the Founder and Director of Operations at The Sketch Effect, to talk about how the gospel compels us to love people in business well—even when they’ve wronged you, the productivity systems I taught William and Meg that have helped their business scale, and how William thought about making the leap from a great job at Chick-fil-A corporate to starting his own business. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Chris Norton, author of The Seven Longest Yards.

Links Mentioned:

• The Call to Mastery
• Called to Create
• The Sketch Effect
• The Sketch Effect on Twitter
• William Warren on LinkedIn
• Meg Easterbrook
• Master of One
• Chick-fil-A
• NBA
• Lover
• Excellence Wins 
• Horst Schulze
• The Ritz-Carlton
• Craig Groeschel Leadership podcast
• Plywood People
• OmniFocus
• Getting Things Done  
• David Allen
• Deep Work
• Cal Newport
• Every Good Endeavor
• Tim Keller
• Ernst and Young 
• Home Depot
• Threshold 360
• The Four Disciplines of Execution 
• Chris McChesney
• The E-Myth Revisited
• Chris Norton
• Chris’s YouTube video
• The University of Florida
• The Seven Longest Yards