Hey friend, welcome to the Meer Christians podcast. I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of Me mere Christians, those of us who aren't

pastors or religious professionals, but do work as paralegals, pest control workers and

video game designers? That's the question we explore every week and today

I'm posing it to Kevin Finch, the founder and executive director of Big Table, my new

favorite nonprofit and you're about to see why.

Kevin and I recently sat down to talk about why he quit his job as a pastor

so that he could better minister to people through his work.

We talked about how not being explicit about his faith has led to more conversations about the gospel than you and I have had, I don't know, in yours?

And finally, Kevin shared three things that you and I can do today to bless the most pained

and hurting workers in our culture. I think you guys are going to love this conversation with my new friend, Kevin Finch.

Kevin Finch, Kevin Finch, welcome to the Muir Christians podcast.

Thanks, Jordan.

So the story behind Big Table, as I understand it, kind of goes back to your days as a restaurant critic and

before we get to the details a big table I have to ask because I have long

wondered this is being a restaurant critic all that's cracked up to be?

It sounds amazing.

Is this the greatest job in the world?

Many days it is.

And then there's the few days where you get food poisoning and it's the worst job in the world. How long did you do that job?

I was a restaurant critic, kind of moonlighted as a restaurant critic, not full time,

for probably 10 to 12 years. What a gig. I would love to spend

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