Hannah Echols-Grieser
Reigniting Awe: A 5280 Fellow Inspires Artists and Scientists Through Collaboration

As a teenager, Chloe Johnson aspired to study and work as a visual artist. Today, she has a doctorate in metallurgical and materials engineering and works as a metallurgist for ELEMENTUM 3D. Though her day job may seem like a switch from her earlier dreams, she’s found that the art and science world have a […]

Dustin Moody
A Journey Home: Cultivating a Theology of Place

Something seemed…off.It wasn’t so much that I was dissatisfied where I was; I had a home that I was proud of, a job that was sufficiently enjoyable and professionally challenging, and family and friends that helped to create a community that I loved. But in 2014, I found myself feeling a bit disconnected. Over the […]

Amy Sherman
“You Are An Agent of Flourishing” featuring Amy Sherman

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary As Christians, we are to be agents of flourishing–people who seek the common good for their city. But the individual question remains: “How can I be an agent of flourishing when I have such little […]

Jeff Hoffmeyer
“He Descended Into Hell”: How Holy Saturday Shapes Our Work

A few years ago I went to the Columbine Memorial with some high school students from a church where I was a pastor. Our group was serving at a church in Littleton, along with a much larger group of junior high students from another church. Our smaller group of students got to the memorial first […]

Biblical Womanhood & Work with Beth Allison Barr

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How does the Christian faith inform gender roles, specifically, how women integrate their various callings and influence in the world? Listen in as Joanna Meyer and Beth Allison Barr, Associate Professor of History and Associate […]

Jeff Haanen
Meaning in Work

There once was a violinist who could move audiences to tears with his music. Having played since he was a child, he ascended the heights of the classical music world and joined a prestigious orchestra. Yet as he looked at the culture around him, he realized that an appreciation for classical music was rapidly fading. […]

How to Reconcile Cultural Differences in the Workplace with David Bailey

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Christ calls us to be peacemakers in our relationships, communities, and world, but what does that mean for our lives at work? Whether it’s pressure to adopt socially acceptable attitudes to fit the latest corporate […]

To Lead with Love featuring Arthur Brooks

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How can Christian leaders be different from the world around them? What does it look like for businessmen and women to lead with love in their workplaces? In this episode, we hear from Arthur Brooks, […]

Year In Review 2021

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Join Denver Institute staff members Joanna Meyer, Jeff Hoffmeyer, Brian Gray, Dustin Moody, and Catherine Sandgren as they reflect on the events of the past year. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of […]

Jeff Haanen
A Reflection on Hope for Advent

On the first Sunday of Advent each year, while sitting together at the dinner table, my family lights the first candle around our Advent wreath – the candle of Hope. Well, my four daughters first battle for who gets to light the candle – and then we light the candle.Not only do we await the […]

Reset: Embracing the Sabbath Part II

In Part I of this series on Embracing the Sabbath, we examined how God laid the foundation and road map for our lives. The Creator modeled a pattern of work and rest for the created. In Part II, we’ll dive a little deeper into what it looks like to practice Sabbath and how you can […]

Joanna Meyer
Women, Work, and Calling 2021 Highlights

I took the stage at this year’s Women, Work, & Calling with renewed excitement while wondering “How is this going to work?” This year’s gathering broke records as the largest event in Denver Institute history, with 220 guests joining us in person and 630 watching online–in 26 countries! Thanks to a partnership with Compassion International, […]