Ryan Tafilowski
Hope for Crooked Timber: The Manger and The Cross

Have you ever tried to read the Bible straight through? The story starts out well enough. Genesis is full of engaging and wild stories. Exodus recounts the dramatic tale of God’s deliverance of his people from slavery in Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the promised land.But then it gets brutal. Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy […]

S8E5: Nancy Duarte on Faith, Communication, & Leadership

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What can Scripture teach us about the power of storytelling? How can leaders be resilient through tough times? What unique challenges do female leaders face in their organizations and communities? Joanna talks with Nancy Duarte […]

Luke Bolton
Investing and a Biblical Worldview

Christian investors face many questions, some of which are ethically complex. Should they seek to avoid “sin stocks” as a top priority? Should they seek to benefit from unfortunate market events that caused financial loss to others? Should they see the purpose of investing as simply maximizing wealth?Such questions cannot be answered by pointing to […]

S8E4: Rich Villodas on The Deeply Formed Life
Hilary Masell Oswald
Giving Where You’re Growing

To hear Doug and Cindy Smith talk about their long life together—they’ll celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in the spring of 2021—is to be reminded that human flourishing happens, over and over again, at the intersection of faith and work. Doug, a longtime engineering executive who is now the associate dean of the University of […]

Ryan Tafilowski
Breaking the Spell of Consumption

One of the most jarring literary characters I’ve ever encountered is Prince Mishkin, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterful novel, The Idiot. The story follows the bumbling Mishkin, whom we meet in the first pages fresh out of a sanitarium in Switzerland, as he travels through the elegant parlors of 19th-century St. Petersburg’s aristocracy. To […]

S8E3: Soul Care for Anxious Times

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Between the pandemic, the U.S. election, and the normal stressors of life, many of us are experiencing anxiety in our work and our relationships. On this episode of The Faith & Work Podcast, the Denver […]

S8E1: Donna Harris on Faith & Entrepreneurship

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What role does faith play in the life and work of Christian entrepreneurs? What unique challenges do female entrepreneurs face in the workplace and the church? Joanna Meyer and Dustin Moody talk with Donna Harris, […]

Step Out from Behind the Curtain: An Interview with Mark and Nancy Duarte

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The High Calling; it has been edited here for length and reprinted with permission. Nancy Duarte joined us as a speaker for Resilient: Women, Work, & Calling 2020 on Saturday, Oct. 24. Nancy Duarte has driven the vision and growth of Duarte for 20 years, building an internationally respected design firm, […]

Watch Now: The Politics of Neighborly Love

Recent election cycles have left many Christians feeling discouraged, disillusioned, and dejected. America’s two-party system has left many believers feeling politically homeless when casting a vote feels like compromising values. Tweet storms and partisan bickering have replaced constructive dialogue and keep us from asking deeper questions about what it means to be citizens and followers […]

The Missing Sunday School Lessons: The Worth of Women in the Old Testament

Our Sunday school lessons are well-suited for the beginning of the story—the creation of the world, a man, a woman, and a garden. If you grew up in the 90’s like I did, those Sunday school lessons likely involved felt boards with cut-outs of all the major players. The little felt woman grabs the little […]