The episode you're about to listen to was released back when the mere Christians podcast was called the call to mastery

Now if you love mere Christians, you're still going to love these older episodes because the majority of each

conversation focuses on how the gospel influences the work of our guests. With that disclaimer out of the way, please enjoy the episode.

Hey everybody, welcome to the call to mastery. I'm Jordan Rayner. This is a

podcast for Christians who want to do their most exceptional work for the glory of

God and the good of others. Every week I host a conversation

with the Christian who's pursuing world-class mastery of their craft. We talk

about their path to mastery, their daily habits. of their I am so excited about today's guest.

He's one of my favorite people doing this work in the world.

His name is Dave Blanchard.

And if you've read my book called The Create,

you will recognize his name.

Dave is the co-founder and CEO of Praxis, one of my favorite

organizations that exist to motivate, educate, and resource Christians to pursue

redemptive entrepreneurship.

Through their accelerator program they've helped, I don't know, like 150 companies,

92% of which have survived, which is a startling number. So Dave and I sat down and we recently we talked

about what's the difference between work that is exploitative, ethical, and redemptive, right?

We talked about why Christ followers might want to be looking for, quote,

brownfield opportunities at work instead of quote-unquote green field opportunities

and we talked about the value of dedicated competency days within each work week

you guys are going to love this gem of an episode with my friend

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