Mere Christians

What it looks like to be “whimsically available” to others at work, how to make the shift from “will it work” to “will it last” in your work, and how God can use working in adventurous places like Disneyland and Kennedy Space Center.

Links Mentioned:

• Bob Goff
• Bob Goff Books
• Catching Whimsy
• Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff & Friends
• Bob Goff on X
• Bob Goff on Instagram
• Bob Goff on Facebook
• Bob Goff on YouTube
• Maria Goff on Instagram
• Cal Newport
• Peter Pan
• Jordan Raynor

How to guarantee eternal success in any endeavor, the 6 criteria Eventide uses to evaluate investments that “make the world rejoice,” and how to stop thinking selfishly about your investments, votes, and time.

Links Mentioned:

• Eventide Asset Management
• Robin John on LinkedIn
• The Creator in You
• Every Good Endeavour: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
• Why Business Matters to God (And What Still Needs to Be Fixed)
• Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work
• The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits
• The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
• Pete Ochs
• Jordan Raynor

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What Francis learned from getting punked by Borat’s Sacha Baron Cohen, the 4 criteria he uses to discern who to trust at work and in life, and what Tim Keller’s Out of Office message said the day he died.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Francis Collins
• Episode: Dr. Francis Collins (Fmr. Director of the National Institutes of Health)
• Braver Angels
• Who is America?
• The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust
• ‘The Decline and Renewal of the American Church’
• Philip Yancey (Books)
• Timothy Keller (Books)
• Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
• Jordan Raynor

The significant role Christian professionals played in making Christianity credible to her sons, why sometimes “the worst thing God can do for you is to let you be happy,” and how to die wishing you had spent more time at the office.

Links Mentioned:

• Kathy Keller
• The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
• Roosevelt Island
• Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller
• Books by Timothy Keller
• Letters of John Newton
• The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
• The Cross of Christ
• City to City DNA
• Dr. Francis Collins
• Dr. Steven Rosenberg
• John Newton
• John Stott
• John Owen
• Jordan Raynor

The dangers of feeling entitled to a calling, how to think “Who Not How” in prayers for your work, and a simple way of thinking about “sowing eternity into the world.”

Links Mentioned:

• Justin Matthews on LinkedIn
• PwC
• ‘Strategy in Life Principle #2: Purpose unlocks fulfillment’
• Quarter-Life Calling
• Every Good Endeavor
• Who Not How
• Soul Care
• The Gotham Fellowship
• Jena Viviano Dunay (Founder of Recruit the Employer)
• Fan Fave Flashback: Skye Jethani (Co-host of the Holy Post Podcast)
• Master of One
• The Royal in You
• The Sacredness of Secular Work
• Redeeming Your Time
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

How Forte is providing “soul care as a service” for some of the world’s largest companies, how to practically stop working for love and start working from love, and why we should praise God for giving us more than we can handle.

Links Mentioned:

• Vineet Rajan on LinkedIn
• Vineet Rajan on X
• The Marine Monk Newsletter
• Forte for Faith
• Forte
• The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
• Crime and Punishment
• Walden
• The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel) 
• Jonathan Reckford on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

How to cultivate humility and a Jesus-like others-obsession, why multiple pastors have quit ministry to work at Southeast, and the spiritual benefits of sticking with a job for many years.

Links Mentioned:

• Jeremy Swafford on LinkedIn
• Southeast Restoration
• Lighthouse Ministries
• Episode: Audiobook excerpt of The Sacredness of Secular Work
• Episode: Tim Keller (Author of Forgive)
• Episode: N.T. Wright (Theologian)
• Episode: Skye Jethani (Co-host of the Holy Post Podcast)
• Episode: Josh Thompson (Janitor)
• Episode: Gary Chapman (Author of The 5 Love Languages)
• Episode: Bobo Beck (Realtor + Author of Wisdom Calling)
• Episode: Michael Hyatt (Founder and Chairman of Full Focus)
• Episode: David Platt (Founder of Radical)
• Episode: Stephen Mansfield (Author of The Search for God and Guinness)
• Episode: Andy Crouch (Author of Culture Making)
• Episode: Carey Nieuwhof (Founder of Connexus Church)
• Episode: John Mark Comer (Author of Live No Lies)
• Episode: Kevin Finch (Executive Director of Big Table)
• Mansfield's Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self
• The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
• Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do
• Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive
• Learning to Lead Like Jesus: 11 Principles to Help You Serve, Inspire, and Equip Others
• Boyd Bailey on LinkedIn
• Tom Ziglar
• Redeeming Your Time Retreat
• Jordan Raynor

Why the wine industry is in trouble and why Christians should be the ones to help, how to show everyday hospitality to those you work with, and how the gospel can shape not just your work but also the work of others that you consume.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger
• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger on Facebook
• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger on Instagram
• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger LinkedIn
• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger X
• Dr. Gisela Kreglinger (Wine Expert & Theologian)
• Cup Overflowing: Wine’s Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship
• The Sabbath (FSG Classics)
• George McDonald Books
• For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
• Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire
• Dr Marinda Kruger PhD on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

Ricky’s spiritual disciplines during the listeria crisis at Blue Bell, how to accept critical feedback humbly and winsomely, and how a college paper on Blue Bell landed him his career.

Links Mentioned:

• Ricky Dickson
• Ricky Dickson on LinkedIn
• One Scoop at a Time
• Blue Bell Creameries
• International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)
• Chase the Lion
• If
• ‘Leadership Breakfast Series: Tim Tassopoulos, President & COO, Chick-Fil-A’
• Scottie Scheffler on Instagram
• The Royal in You
• The Sacredness of Secular Work
• Redeeming Your Time
• Contact Jordan

How Shane discerned whether to pivot or persevere after 4 rejections from NASA, how “asking the right questions in the right way” led to NASA approving him reading Scripture from the ISS, and why he counts “consistency” during his time on earth as “worship."

Links Mentioned:

• Shane Kimbrough
• Shane Kimbrough on LinkedIn
• Shane Kimbrough on X
• Shane Kimbrough on Instagram
• NASA
• Quanta Services, Inc. 
• Rocket Men
• Rick Warren
• The Last Supper on the Moon
• Reaching Your Next Summit!
• Extreme Ownership
• Make Your Bed
• Heaven
• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone on Instagram
• Anna Hall on Instagram
• Cole Hocker on Instagram
• Scottie Scheffler on Instagram
• Ted Scott on X
• The Royal in You
• The Sacredness of Secular Work
• Redeeming Your Time
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor