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Mere Christians

Jordan Raynor

How does the gospel influence the work of Mere Christians—those of us who aren’t pastors or religious professionals, but who work as entrepreneurs, baristas, and accountants? That’s the question this podcast explores every week as Jordan Raynor interviews guests across the widest variety of vocations.

41 minutes 11 seconds

Sarah Maddack (Silly Song Artist)
How Sarah’s 190th TikTok video went viral and launched her career, how to experience “God loving you while you work,” and why she views her silly songs for 9-year-olds as holy work.
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2 April 2025, 4:00 am
32 minutes 34 seconds

Anna Kemp (Grad Student)
What convicted Anna to see her job as a student as a vocation and not just preparation for a future vocation, how to view the hardest parts of your job as “cross-training,” and how to make time for relationships at work even when you’re swamped.
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26 March 2025, 4:00 am
33 minutes 29 seconds

Devon Havenaar (Carpenter)
How self-care can lead to self-forgetfulness and ultimately self-sacrifice, how the speed of light can encourage you in your wordless evangelism, and the significance of Jesus spending years hammering the thing he’d be hammered to.
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19 March 2025, 4:00 am
45 minutes 31 seconds

Katelyn Miller (Early Intervention Teacher)
Why following Jesus is not just about avoiding sin but doing righteousness in your work, how to wrestle with the cosmic significance AND insignificance of your work, and how to make disciples of all nations in the job you have today.
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12 March 2025, 4:00 am
30 minutes 12 seconds

Kurt Avery (Founder of Sawyer Products)
How to baptize your imagination regarding what God can do through your work, how Kurt’s enormous view of God has led him to give 25 million people clean water every year, and how to ensure you’re a marketer rather than a manipulator.
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5 March 2025, 5:00 am
49 minutes 30 seconds

Hannah Brencher (Author of The Unplugged Hours)
How your phone blocks you from “wanting what you want,” how Hannah spent 1,000 hours away from her phone in 1 year, and how to exchange “why me?” with “who for? when experiencing trials.
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26 February 2025, 5:00 am
48 minutes 20 seconds

Chris Hunt (National Account Manager at Clorox)
What Jesus might say to the conventional wisdom that "you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with," the value of interfaith employee resource groups, and how Chris stopped chasing promotions and started chasing a quieter life.
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19 February 2025, 5:00 am
31 minutes 33 seconds

Holly Kim (Director of Marketing & Operations at Credibly)
How being faithful to God cost Holly in her career (and why that’s a good thing), how to isolate and attack the lies in your head, and how our peace at work can make space to bear others’ burdens at work.
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12 February 2025, 5:00 am
37 minutes 43 seconds

Mark Batterson (Author of A Million Little Miracles)
How our work can teach us more about God, why you should consider installing a “personal Mount Rushmore” behind your desk, and how to make work more playful and fun for your team.
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5 February 2025, 5:00 am
38 minutes 14 seconds

Dr. Denise Daniels (Author of Religion in a Changing Workplace)
The data shows that your non-Christian co-workers want to talk about faith, but don’t want to be treated like “salvation projects,” why Jordan is begging you to stop calling your business a “Christian business,” and why mere Christians disagree with their pastors’ assessment that they “talk about work” from the pulpit.
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29 January 2025, 5:00 am
39 minutes 16 seconds

Peter Greer (Co-author of Lead With Prayer)
How to “leave the phone off the hook” to commune with God while you work, how to move from duty to delight in prayer, why I plan on showing up to meetings 5 minutes early from now on.
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22 January 2025, 5:00 am
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