Bethany Jenkins on Idleness, Work, and Worship

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How can Christians love our work even when we hate our jobs? Is there a purpose to work beyond the daily grind? What can Paul’s letters to the church at Thessalonica teach us about faith […]

Jeff Haanen
How Effective is the 5280 Fellowship?

“How do you measure your results?” It’s usually not the first question I receive from a donor interested in our work, but it is the second or third. And it’s not always easy to answer. Measuring impact in the nonprofit sector can be tricky business. In the business world, it’s much more straightforward: profitability is still […]

At Work, With God, For the World

What is work for? Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, but, as a culture, we’ve lost sight of the purpose of work. In fact, we’re in the midst of a crisis of work. Globally, only 13% of employees feel engaged in their work. That number is higher in America, […]

Jeff Haanen
The Changing World of Work

It was the second week of the pandemic. Late March 2020. I was driving back home from the office, trying to figure out what this would mean for Denver Institute, and for my own work. As I headed south on Santa Fe, just across from Aspen Grove mall, I stopped at a stoplight. I could […]

S9E2: I Lost My Job: Navigating Career Transitions

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Losing a job is tough. But what we learn from the disruption and how we move forward is even more important. Joanna Meyer talks with Lisa Slayton, a career coach, about rebuilding self-confidence and trusting […]

S9E1: The Changing World of Work

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How has the pandemic affected they way we work? What broader economic changes have taken place and how should the church respond? Jeff and Joanna tackle these questions around the changing world of work.  Highlights […]

S8E6: Sandra McCracken on Christmas and Songwriting

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How do songwriters lean into faith in their work? What unique challenges has this year brought to musicians, and how can Christians reclaim the joy of corporate worship, even while we’re apart? Joanna Meyer and […]

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 […]

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 […]