Mere Christians

What the “dirty jobs” of God mean for you and me, the power of dwelling on what God has saved you from, and how to “choose joy” in a job you don’t love.

This episode originally aired on July 19, 2023. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Janitor Josh
• The Adventures of Janitor Josh on Amazon
• The Power of a Praying Wife
• Jordan Raynor

How the truth that “God’s will is much more a way than a thing” leads to a radical freedom in life and work, the difference between “justifying your legitimacy” and “expressing your belovedness” through your work, and the most brilliant interpretation of Ecclesiastes I’ve ever heard.

This episode originally aired on July 5, 2023. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Dave Evans on LinkedIn
• Dave Evans on Twitter
• Designing Your Life
• Designing Your Life
• Electronic Arts
• Stanford University
• Stanford Life Design Lab
• Christian Companion to Designing Your Life
• Bill Burnett on LinkedIn
• Trip Hawkins
• Guy Kawasaki
• The Will of God as a Way of Life
• A Grace Disguised
• Abandonment to Divine Providence
• Thomas Merton
• Tod Bolsinger on LinkedIn
• Ecclesiastes
• Way of the Heart
• Let Your Life Speak
• Mindsight
• Bryan Stevenson on LinkedIn
• The Creator in You
• Jordan Raynor

Why common grace is the key to worshiping more while you work and experience the work of others, how calling out the work of non-Christians as God’s work can build bridges for sharing the gospel, and how Jordan explained to his kids how God protected them on a recent road trip.

This episode originally aired on June 14, 2023. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Mike Kelsey on LinkedIn
• Mike Kelsey on Instagram
• Mike Kelsey on Twitter
• McLean Bible Church
• McLean Bible Church on Instagram
• Kate Schmidgall on LinkedIn
• Timothy Keller
• Praying Like Monks
• The Imperfect Pastor
• Reading While Black
• Jordan Raynor

How to shift from “playing not to lose” to “playing to win,” why acknowledging that you’ll never have a pure motive is unbelievably empowering, and how to take your Christian community with you mentally as you do hard things.

This episode originally aired on March 15, 2023. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Jordan Raynor
• Dr. Curt Thompson
• The Soul of Desire
• The Soul of Shame
• Dr. Curt Thompson on Twitter
• The Great Divorce
• Tim Keller
• N.T. Wright
• Into the Silent Land
• Dominion
• Faith, Hope and Carnage
• Sajan George

How to speak up for the powerless in your office, how to take a stand for God’s way in a God-honoring way at work, and why we need Christians rushing INTO “secular” workplaces in order to claim them as sacred.

This episode originally aired on December 7, 2022. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Mimi Chan on Twitter
• Mimi Chan on LinkedIn
• Mimi Chan on Instagram
• Mimi Chan on Goodreads
• Amazon on LinkedIn
• Amazon
• Lecrae on Instagram
• II Corinthians 9:7-8
• Faith & Work Movement
• Peter Tsukahira
• Difficult Conversations
• The Starfish and the Spider
• Equip
• Take Back Your Power
• Deb Liu (CEO of Ancestry.com) – Mere Christians
• Robert Dugoni
• Ronnie Goram
• John Grisham
• James Patterson by James Patterson
• Jordan Raynor

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Why Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday and what it means for your work, how a biblical view of heaven assigns untold dignity to the work you do today, and how to use everything from Altoids to doorframes to cultivate an awareness of God’s presence at work.

This episode originally aired on September 28, 2022. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Skye Jethani
• Skye Jethani on Twitter
• Skye Jethani on LinkedIn
• Holy Post Podcast
• With God Daily
• What If Jesus Was Serious
• Futureville
• With
• The Practice of the Presence of God
• A Church Called Tov
• The Bomber Mafia
• Truman
• Lord Willing

How Jodi has responded to criticism of Disney from Christians, why Jodi thinks of ministry as less of what she does for a living and more of who she is while she’s doing what she’s doing, and how to spot where the Spirit is moving as you work.

This episode originally aired on September 14, 2022. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Jodi Benson
• Jodi Benson on Instagram
• Jodi Benson on Twitter
• Part of My World
• Paige O'Hara
• Howard Ashman
• “Part of Your World”
• Jesus Calling

How Ron “made love visual” through the Apple Store, his final conversation with Steve Jobs while Jobs was on his deathbed, and why he chose to “start at the bottom” of the career ladder when he had every opportunity not to.

This episode originally aired on June 22, 2022. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Ron Johnson on LinkedIn
• Ron Johnson on Twitter
• Enjoy
• The Life We're Looking For
• Becomenew.me
• Dallas Willard

The first 3 things Joni plans to do when heaven comes to earth, how everything we do in this life either increases or decreases our capacity for leadership on the New Earth, and how our work can be “ingredients in God’s happiness.”

This episode originally aired on June 15, 2022. Because you all loved it so much, we are re-releasing it as a part of our Fan Fave Flashbacks series this summer! Would you like to be a guest on the Mere Christians podcast when we begin new episodes this fall? Share your story with our producers at jordanraynor.com/mc

Links Mentioned:

• Joni Eareckson Tada
• Joni Eareckson Tada’s Paintings
• The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party
• N.T. Wright
• Jonathan Edwards
• Dane Ortlund
• Gentle and Lowly
• Thomas Owen
• Richard Sibbes
• Deeper Still
• Doug Mazza
• Bob Buford
• Half Time
• Jordan Raynor
• Contact Jordan Raynor