Mere Christians

How to ensure you don’t end your life describing your work as “meaningless” like Solomon does in the book of Ecclesiastes, the biblical case for enjoying more of the fruits of your labor, and one thing you can do to renew your awe of God and his Word.

Links Mentioned:

• Michelle Myers
• Michelle Myers on LinkedIn
• Michelle Myers on X
• Michelle Myers on Instagram
• She Works His Way
• She Works His Way
• Conversational Commentary on Ecclesiastes: Wisdom to Live for Heaven While on Earth
• ‘Episode 51: Michelle Myers (Founder of She Works His Way)’
• Acts of the Apostles
• Ecclesiastes
• Song of Songs
• 1 Corinthians 15:58
• Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work
• Redeeming Your Time
• Philippians 4:11
• Life Together
• John 15:5
• Proverbs 21
• Hebrews 6:10
• Lead Like a Shepherd
• Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
• Donna Gibbs on Amazon
• When Breath Becomes Air
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

What Aarti expects coffee to taste like on the New Earth, symptoms that work has gone from a good thing to an ultimate thing, and how to “punch light into the darkness” via your work.

Links Mentioned:

• Aarti Sequeira on Instagram
• Aarti Sequeira YouTube
• Aarti Sequeira on X
• Aarti Sequeira on Facebook
• Unwind: A Devotional Cookbook for the Harried and Hungry
• The Mere Christians Podcast Episode: Aarti Sequeira (Food Network Host)
• Food Network
• The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity (Even When You're Not Sharing the Gospel)
• The Jesus storybook Bible
• The Illuminated Bible
• Alisa Keeton
• Jordan Raynor

How to fire your neighbor as yourself, why Christians should lean into automation and AI as a means of blessing—not eliminating—people, and why excellence is “your ticket to entry” in sharing the gospel at work.

Links Mentioned:

• Jason Woodard on LinkedIn
• Jason Woodard on X
• Biblical Leadership @ Work Podcast
• Josh Thompson (Janitor Josh) Episode
• The Adventures of Janitor Josh
• Strengths Finder 2.0
• The Word Before Work Podcast
• '5 reasons to give thanks for “thorns and thistles” that make work difficult'
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Chosen by God
• The Whole Christ
• Holiness
• The Five Temptations of a CEO
• Jordan Raynor

The biblical grounds for doing work some see as vain, how to display Jesus when you get fired, and how God uses even the curse to bless and sanctify us.

Links Mentioned:

• Bethany Brown on LinkedIn 
  Bethany Brown on X
  Bethany Brown on Instagram
• Bethany Brown on Facebook
• The Aesthetics Lounge and Spa
• ‘Wilberforce’s List of “Launchers”’
• James 1
• Every Good Endeavor
• How Then Should We Work?
• Lean In
• If Disney Ran Your Hospital
• Creating Magic
• The Prodigal God
• Emily Lincoln on Instagram
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

How to work and rest from a place of belovedness, what types of rest can save you from burnout and exhausting vacations, and how ridiculous songs like “You Make the Poops” can honor God.

Links Mentioned:

• Justin McRoberts
• Justin McRoberts on Linktree
• Justin McRoberts on Facebook
• Justin McRoberts on X
• Justin McRoberts on YouTube
• Justin McRoberts on Instagram
• Sacred Strides: The Journey to Belovedness in Work and Rest
• The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring the Sabbath
• John O’Donohue
• In the Name of Jesus
• New Seeds of Contemplation
• God Walk
• Prayer: Forty Days of Practice
• Jordan Raynor

How to serve AND be served in your marketing, Hayden Flour Mills’s redemptive approach to wheat, and the simplest way your work matters to God.

Links Mentioned:

• Debbie La Bell on LinkedIn
• Hayden Flour Mills
• The Bible App
• The Perfect Loaf
• Chiles and Smoke
• The Miller’s Daughter
• Kendall Vanderslice
• Seven Loaves of Bread
• Pat Gelsinger on LinkedIn
• Jordan Raynor

Why everything you do at work is an act of theology, why Christians should view even mundane work as “infused with supernatural meaning,” and how Genesis 1 democratizes human dignity.

Links Mentioned:

• J.T. English on LinkedIn
• J.T. English on X
• Jen Wilkin
• Jen Wilkin on X
• You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well
• None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing)
• Gospel Coalition
• The Knowledge of the Holy
• Delighting in the Trinity
• Hannah Anderson
• Andy Crouch
• Jordan Raynor

How to worship God while you work, even if you spend more time staring at spreadsheets than stars, how thinking of today as rehearsing for eternity can change how you work, and 3 reasons why we need mere Christians working in the sciences and other secular fields.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Deborah Haarsma
• Dr. Deborah Haarsma on LinkedIn
• Dr. Deborah Haarsma on Instagram
• BioLogos
• Calvin University
• Psalms 8:3-5
• Galileo
• Johannes Kepler
• Robert Boyle
• The Origin of Species
• Dr. Francis Collins
• Psalms 103
• Thanks a Thousand
• Pastor Rick Warren
• Charles Spurgeon
• Philippians 4
• Isaiah 65
• Revelation 22
• Culture Making
• The Language of God
• Centered-Set Church
• Hebrews 6:10
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

The 3 spheres of excellence every Christian is called to, why so many Christians are “addicted to mediocrity,” and the importance of calling out the God-given excellence in others.

Links Mentioned:

• Dr. Andreas Köstenberger on Biblical Foundations
• Dr. Andreas Köstenberger on LinkedIn
• Dr. Andreas Köstenberger on X
• Biblical Foundations
• Excellence
• Master of One
• Genesis 1:26
• 2 Peter 1:3-5
• Matthew 25:14-30
• Matthew 5
• Dorothy Sayers
• Addicted to Mediocrity
• Philippians 3:13-14
• Genesis 1:28
• Nehemiah 6
• Ephesians 2:8-10
• John 15:8
• Isaiah 65
• Revelation 22:5
• Equipping for Life
• Parenting Essentials
• ESV Study Bible
• Date Your Wife
• Gentle and Lowly
• Sanctification as Set Apart and Growing in Christ
• Dr. Robert W. Yarbrough
• ‘Josh Thompson (Janitor)’ | Mere Christians Podcast
• Biblical Theology
• John 3:16
• Ephesians 5:1
• Contact Jordan
• Jordan Raynor

How Christ redeemed Anne after horrific trauma and abuse, how her trauma gave her purpose and ambition for Auntie Anne’s, and how to stop overcomplicating the presence of God.

Links Mentioned:

• Auntie Anne Beiler on Instagram
• Auntie Anne Beiler
• Auntie Anne’s
• Twist of Faith
• He Will Hold Me Fast on YouTube
• Emerge Counseling Ministries
• Come to the Table
• Disciplines for the Inner Life
• Overcome and Lead
• Jordan Raynor

Why Alpha is the #1 tool I recommend for sharing the gospel winsomely with your co-workers, how Ephesians should compel pastors to view themselves as the “backline” and mere Christians as the “frontline,” and how to “draw out the deep well” in others.

Links Mentioned:

• Alpha
• Bible in One Year (BiOY)
• Nicky Gumbel on Instagram
• Nicky Gumbel on TikTok
• Nicky Gumbel on Facebook
• Nicky Gumbel on X
• Nicky Gumbel Linktree
• Alpha Film Series
• ‘Alpha Film Series: Who is Jesus’
• Come, Creator Spirit
• Tim Keller

How “discernment alarms” can alert you to the work beneath your work, how Stefanie has seen simple vulnerable storytelling lead to opportunities to share the gospel, and why dissenting from the Kingdom of Noise is so critical to your work.

Links Mentioned:

• Stefanie Gass
• Stefanie Gass on Instagram
• Stefanie Gass on Twitter
• Stefanie Gass on LinkedIn
• Stefanie Gass on YouTube
• Online Business for Christian Women
• Timothy Keller
• Auntie Anne's 
• ‘Paul’s secret for escaping the comparison trap’
• Romans 12
• Sacred Marriage
• New Living Translations Bibles on Amazon
• ‘Christy Adams (Middle School Teacher)’
• Psalms 18
• ‘How to Find Eternal Purpose & Glorify God in Your Daily Work with Jordan Raynor’
• Redeeming Your Time
• Jordan Raynor

How Paul seeks the Lord when making decisions for his city, how to be relational before we’re confrontational at work, and why Christians should “embrace the chaos” of this world.

Links Mentioned:

• Paul TenHaken on Instagram
• Paul TenHaken on Twitter
• Click Rain
• Adam Weber
• The Audacity to Win
• Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance
• Paul David Tripp
• Gospel Coalition
• Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good
• The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World
• Patrick Lencioni on Twitter
• Kirk Cousins on Twitter
• In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
• Jordan Raynor

Russell's terrific advice for deciding when to leave a job, why confidence is what American Christians need most in the workplace, and how to “own your exile” and experience freedom.

Links Mentioned:

• Russell Moore
• Christianity Today
• Losing Our Religion on Amazon
• Chronicles of Narnia on Amazon
• Mere Christianity on Amazon
• Southern Baptist Convention
• The Dip on Amazon
• Counterfeit Gods
• The Practice of the Presence of God on Amazon
• The Uncontrollability of the World on Amazon
• The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
• Jordan Raynor

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.

Links Mentioned:

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

How to honor your employer with your side hustle, what AI means for human connection and podcasting, and how to “show your work” when you create any content at work as a means of demonstrating trustworthiness.

Links Mentioned:

• Letisha Bereola
• Letisha Bereola on LinkedIn
• Letisha Bereola on Twitter
• Letisha Bereola on Instagram
• Letisha Bereola on Facebook
• Paradigm Media Group
• Audacity With Letisha Bereola
• ‘Replay of my last conversation with Tim Keller’ | Jordan Raynor
• ‘Carpool Karaoke with Tim Keller’
• Kelly Ring on Instagram
• Morrison’s
• ‘We Will Miss You! Letisha Bereola Action News Jax signed off this morning after seven years with us to start a new chapter in her life’
• Ephesians 6
• Colossians 3
• Titus 2
• Skye Jethani on LinkedIn
• With
• Believe Bigger
• Detavio Samuels on LinkedIn
• REVOLT
• Please, Sorry, Thanks
• The Creator in You
• 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.

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

How to distinguish between holy ambition and selfish ambition, how to do “due diligence on your soul” and not just a deal, and could there have eventually been realtors in the Garden of Eden?

Links Mentioned:

• Bobo Beck on LinkedIn
• Bobo Beck on Twitter
• Bobo Beck on Instagram
• Wisdom Calling
• Wisdom Calling: A Professional's Devotional Guide to Skillful Life and Work
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
• Visioneering
• The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
• Don’t Waste Your Life
• The Greatest Thing in the World
• Dwight Gibson on LinkedIn
• Lauren Gill from Redeemer
• Jordan Raynor

What Mordecai can teach us about working in exile, why Christy sees teaching in public schools as a form of justice, and how to insulate without isolating from the world.

Links Mentioned:

• Christy Adams on Facebook
• 'Christy Adams (Teacher) | Jordan Raynor’
• Netflix
• Micah 6:8
• Philippians 2:4
• John 17
• Esther
• Ruth
• Nicky Gumbel on Twitter
• Alpha
• 'What is the work beneath your work?’
• Gilmore Girls
• The Creator in You
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 
• Jen Wilkin
• 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.

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