The SkyePod The SkyePod - Jordan Raynor
Oct 24, 2025
Jordan Raynor, an author and speaker focusing on faith-and-work integration, dives into the lives of notable Christians like Fred Rogers and Fannie Lou Hamer. He explores how these figures exemplify the connection between faith and everyday work. Raynor discusses the importance of viewing work as intrinsically valuable to God and critiques the pitfalls of instrumentalizing faith. He also shares insights from his book, highlighting stories that show how spirituality and vocation intersect, illustrating that both spiritual and material endeavors matter.
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Work Has Intrinsic Divine Value
- Jordan Raynor realized work is intrinsically valuable to God, not just instrumental for evangelism or giving to ministry.
- Reading Genesis 1–2 reframed vocation as image-bearing cultural creation rather than only a mission field task.
Learning Faith-At-Work From A Warehouse Worker
- Skye and Jordan contrast arriving at faith-and-work from ministry and marketplace backgrounds and find common theology.
- Jordan recounts Ms. Josefina teaching him more about faith-at-work than many leaders by loving coworkers in a warehouse.
Redemption Makes All Work Sacred
- If God intends to redeem creation rather than destroy it, every part of material life matters to him.
- That makes 100% of our daily work—spiritual and material—significant under Christ's lordship.
