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, and how the gospel of Jesus Christ influences their work.

Today's guest is Mary Morans. She's the best-selling author of Dirt. She's an exceptional writer and

communicator. We recently sat down. We talked about her story going from a trailer in West Virginia growing up as a kid all the way to Yale

law school and how in that journey she's been able to celebrate white-collar work

without demeaning the God-given dignity of blue-color work

work God did in gardening in Genesis 2 and we talked about Sean Connery surprisingly I don't know how he made his way in here and how M&M has served as unlikely inspiration to both of our work.

This is a fun episode. It's a rich episode. I think you're going to love this episode with Mary Marans.

Mary, we were just talking, our mutual fans are telling each other that we need to interview

each other.

So we're finally making that happen.

Thank you for being here.

Oh my gosh, thanks for having me and I can't wait until you come on my show and I feel like pretty much weekly I hear from somebody like you guys have to me.

All right, so I've heard that your secret talent, you know where I'm going, is an epic

Sean Connery impression too. This is the only logical place to start.

Please, live on air. Sean Connery please. Well I feel like you need a

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