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 auditors, hair dressers,

and dental assistance? That's the question we explore every week and today

I'm posing it to Rachel Marie Kong. She's a poet and author of a new book called Let There Be Art.

Rachel and I recently sat down to talk about what it means

to fill and subdue the earth,

her God's command in Genesis 128. We talked about the intrinsic goodness of any work that helps,

heals, entertains, or redeems. And we talked about why Rachel is intentional about doing work that nobody will ever see.

Please enjoy this conversation with my new friend Rachel Marie Carrey Car. Rachel, welcome to the Mir Christians podcast.

Hey, hey, thanks for having me today.

I was telling you before we start recording. Hey, hey, thanks for having me today.

I was telling you before you start recording, my assistant is very sparing in her praise,

but she was losing her mind over your book, Let There Be Art.

So I can't wait to talk about this book.

It's a topic that I'm really passionate about.

But your path to publishing this book

was a pretty long and winding one.

Can you share a little bit about that journey with our listeners?

Yeah, definitely. I'll say it was long, winding, and very unusual.

Yeah, so I, you know, officially I started out on this publishing journey say 2012.

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