Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor sits down with his good friend Krystal Whitten, Creator of The Lettering Prayer Journal, to discuss best-practices on “batch creating” content, how to master the art of the graceful “no,” and the good that has come from Krystal’s children watching both of their parents work outside the home. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Mark Sayers, author of Reappearing Church.

Links Mentioned:

• Krystal Whitten
• Krystal’s Instagram
• The Lettering Prayer Journal
• Called to Create
• The Circle Maker
• Master of One
• The Amazing Collection
• Precept Ministries
• With
• The Call to Mastery Podcast
• Mark Sayers
• Red Church
• John Mark Comer
• Reappearing Church

Jordan Raynor sits down with Jeff Goins, bestselling author of The Art of Work and Real Artists Don't Starve, to talk about how great masters like Michelangelo and da Vinci were able to master more than one discipline in different seasons of their careers, Jeff’s habits for churning out bestseller after bestseller, and why Jeff wants to hear President Trump on The Call to Mastery.

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Master of One
• Jeff Goins
• The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
• Real Artists Don't Starve
• Michelangelo at San Lorenzo: The Genius as Entrepreneur
• Robert Greene
• Mastery
• Fred Rogers
• Jerry Garcia
• Peter Thiel
• Zero to One
• Brian Clark
• Copyblogger
• Parker Palmer
• Let Your Life Speak
• Evernote
• Wholefoods
• Amy Wrzesniewski
• The Lord of The Rings
• Madeleine L’Engle
• Walking on Water
• C.S. Lewis
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• J.R.R Tolkien
• Owen Barfield
• The Inklings
• Joseph Campbell
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
• Flow
• Bear
• David Allen
• Getting Things Done
• Steven Pressfield
• The War of Art
• The Big Leap
• Gay Hendricks

Jordan Raynor sits down with Shay Cochrane, Founder of SC Stockshop and Social Squares, to talk about how she is able to run two six-figure businesses with only 16 hours of work each week, why her first entrepreneurial endeavor was shut down by military police, and how she inadvertently created the styled stock photography niche. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Todd Chipman author of Until Every Child is Home.

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Shay Cochrane
• Graham Cochrane
• iStock
• Getty Images
• Emily Ley
• Master of One
• SC Stockshop
• Social Squares
• Every Good Endeavor
• The Pumpkin Plan
• Traction
• The Go Giver
• Megan Gonzalez
• Todd Chipman
• Until Every Child is Home
• Called to Create

Jordan Raynor sits down with Brad Dean, CEO of Discover Puerto Rico, to talk about why Jordan is all-in on Puerto Rico as a destination, the spiritually beautiful and not so beautiful parts of the travel and tourism industry, and Puerto Rico’s favorite son, Lin Manuel Miranda. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Chris Heuertz, author of The Sacred Enneagram.

Links Mentioned:

• Brad Dean
• Discover Puerto Rico
• Brad Dean on Twitter
• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Walt Disney
• Steinway
• Pirilo Pizza
• Threshold 360
• Destinations International 
• General Electric
• Hard Rock Café
• Leadership Gold
• John Maxwell
• Good to Great
• Jim Collins
• The Land Between
• Jeff Manion
• Malcolm Gladwell
• David and Goliath
• Hamilton
• Chris Heuertz
• Ian Morgan Cron
• The Road Back to You
• The Sacred Enneagram

Jordan Raynor sits down with Kelli Stuart, the award-winning author of Like a River From Its Course and A Silver Willow by the Shore, to talk about how Jordan’s epic dinner with C.S. Lewis’s stepson caused him to become one of Kelli’s biggest fans, how Kelli goes about writing exceptional fiction, and what John Grisham had to say to Kelli’s class at Baylor about why he doesn’t write “Christian fiction.” This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Cory Carlson, author of Win at Home First.

Links Mentioned:

• Kelli Stuart
• Kelli Stuart on Twitter
• Cory Carlson
• Doug Gresham
• C.S. Lewis
• John Grisham
• A Silver Willow by the Shore
• Called to Create
• The Goring Hotel
• One Direction
• NSync
• Like A River from Its Course
• Justin Bieber
• Master of One
• Baylor University
• Carol Awards
• Christy Awards
• That Thing You Do!
• The Whisperers
• Joseph Stalin
• Stephen King
• On Writing
• Wendy Speake
• The 40-Day Sugar Fast 
• Jane Austen
• The Kilns
• CBA
• The Girl on the Train
• Life Creative
• Barbara Kingsolver
• The Poisonwood Bible
• Anna Karenina
• Win at Home First
• Steve Jobs
• Threshold 360

Jordan Raynor sits down with Will Barrett, Director of Field Operations at Threshold 360, to talk about their experience working together at Threshold 360, what Will has learned after making more than 100 hires in less than 3 years, and the spiritual significance of Will’s Two of Clubs tattoo. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck, authors of Imprints. You can pick-up this great book at imprintsbook.com along with a ton of great bonuses.

Links Mentioned:

• Master of One
• Will Barrett
• Threshold 360
• San Francisco Travel
• Airbnb
• Kia
• Zappos
• Tony Hsieh
• Delivering Happiness
• Hamilton
• The Timothy Initiative
• A Failure of Nerve
• Edwin Friedman
• The Way of Suffering
• Jerome Miller
• Patrick Gray & Justin Skeesuck
• Imprints
• I’ll Push You

Jordan Raynor sits down with Kevin Cloud, the masterful author of God and Hamilton, to talk about why Hamilton’s life was both extraordinary and also thoroughly ordinary, the 5 movements of the creative process, and how art and culture can create “thin places” where God seems to break through, and what normally feels hidden becomes real and tangible. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Costi Hinn, author of God, Greed and the (Prosperity) Gospel.

Links Mentioned:

• Kevin Cloud
• Kevin Cloud on Twitter
• Costi Hinn on Twitter
• Jordan Raynor
• God and Hamilton
• Alexander Hamilton
• Alexander Hamilton
• Hamilton: The Revolution
• Aaron Burr
• The Culture House
• The University of Kansas
• Florida State University
• West Side Story
• Oklahoma!
• Graham Windom
• Master of One
• Called to Create
• Anders Ericsson
• Aaron Sorkin
• Steven Pressfield
• Max Lucado
• Donald Miller
• A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
• Building a Story Brand
• Dear Evan Hansen
• The Greatest Showman
• La La Land
• Justin Paul
• God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel

Jordan Raynor sits down with Jena Viviano, a Wall Street investment banker turned career strategist, to talk about how she inadvertently found Jesus on Wall Street, how she has helped more than 900 clients land their dream job, and the good, the bad, and the ugly about being an Enneagram 3. This episode also includes a bonus conversation with Debra Moerke, author of Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace.

Links Mentioned:

• Jena Viviano
• Your Career Story Podcast
• Jena Viviano on Twitter
• Debra Moerke
• Murder, Motherhood and Miraculous Grace
• Enneagram
• Citibank
• The Muse
• Master of One
• Dr. Kennon Vaughn
• Threshold 360
• Gallup
• John Crist
• Rest
• Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
• C.S. Lewis
• Harry Potter
• Love Does
• Bob Goff
• Anything
• Jennie Allen
• Designing Your Life
• Kathie Lee Gifford
• Jason Kennedy
• Warren Buffett

Jordan Raynor sits down with Horst Schulze, Co-founder of The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, to talk about the world’s best hotels, how he thinks about loving every employee as himself, and why Christians ought to have the highest standards of excellence in our work.

Links Mentioned

• Excellence Wins
• Horst Schulze
• Capella Hotel Group
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel
• The Huka Lodge
• Master of One
• Ken Blanchard
• Threshold 360
• Tim Keller
• Dan Cathy
• Stephen Covey
• Jordan Raynor

Jordan Raynor sits down with Rachel Cruze, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Smart Money, Smart Kids, at Ramsey Solution’s amazing new headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee to talk about the cautionary advice Rachel's dad (Dave Ramsey) gave her before she joined the family business, the hard things Rachel's leaders have required her to do in order to become a masterful teacher, and why Dave Ramsey’s team believes that their work has great eternal significance.

Links Mentioned:

• Rachel Cruze
• The Contentment Journal on Amazon
• Love Your Life Not Theirs on Amazon
• The Prodigal God on Amazon
• The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness on Amazon
• Jordan Raynor podcast