Hey friend welcome to the mere Christians podcast I'm Jordan

Rayner how does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians?

Those of us who aren't pastors or religious professionals, but who work as technicians,

lawyers and fishermen?

That's the question we explore every week and today I'm posing it to Dr. Gordon Chen. He's the chief medical officer of Chen

this incredibly innovative health care company with a hundred

medical centers in 15 states. Dr Chen and I recently sat down and talked about

their radical business model that is doing justice in some powerful and practical ways.

We talked about how to embrace and address conflict at work in a God-honoring way and what Jesus's own work as a physician

means for us? I think you guys are going to love this episode with Dr. Gordon, Chen.

Dr. Chen, welcome to the Meer Christians podcast.

Happy to be here, Jordan with you.

Thank you for having me. Oh Oh man, it's a pleasure. I've been really

excited about this. Hey, so I'm really digging this book you guys just put out called The Calling.

And there's a story in there about the

founding of this business, Chenmed. This is very personal for you, the

founding of this company. Would you mind sharing the story with our

listeners that eventually led to the birth of Chenmet?

Yeah, this is very personal.

And actually, since we've written the book, I've realized that anyone that reads the book that I

interact with they have so much personal detail of my life

that it feels a little bit it's interesting. It's almost like oh oh, wow, I guess you know more about me than the majority of people.

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