Hey everybody. Welcome to the Meer 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 scientists and plumbers and paramedics? That's the question we explore every week on this

podcast and today I'm posing it to Jillian Jenkins, a humble lunch lady in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jillian and I recently sat down to talk about why she turned down a job that would give

her more money and allow her to work from home.

We talked about what God's word has to say about humble dirty jobs and how we can lead others

away from Christ

with our words and our actions while we work.

I think you guys are going to be really encouraged

by this conversation with Jillian Jenkins.

Jillian Jenkins, Jillian Jenkins, welcome to the Meer Christians podcast.

Hello.

Well, hey, so I say on the podcast all the time,

I invite people to nominate guests,

including themselves to be on the show.

And you did this, and I want to thank you publicly for doing it right I do not want the mere Christians podcast to just tell stories from the Johnny Ericsson

Todd as of the world or the Tony Dungy's of the world who are famous the world over.

I want to tell stories of how the gospel is shaping the work of exceptional professionals

that you've never heard of like Jillian Jenkins.

So publicly just want to say there is fruit that comes from

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