Brian Gray
Faithful Political Engagement: A Resource Collection

At Denver Institute, we strive toward a future where every person’s work brings hope and life to their city. But we recognize that the places where we live and work can be extremely pluralistic and polarized. This is especially true of our political climate over the past 20 years, where Christians are often seen as […]

The Servant Lawyer: How Faith Shapes Legal Practice

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How might the example of Christ as a servant shape the field of law and those who have made justice their profession? These is the types of questions Robert Cochran addresses in his most recent […]

Spiritual Formation, Politics, & Public Life with Michael Wear

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What is the call of the Christian in this political moment? What do our politics reveal about us and our world? Join us was we embark on a short series titled “Faith In Public Life.” […]

Leading with Christian Distinctiveness in a Pluralistic Society

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary This week the Faith & Work Podcast continues its three-part series on the topic of leadership for today’s challenges. In this episode, we interview Stephanie Summers, the CEO of the Center for Public Justice, a […]

Ambassador Todd Chapman on Being an Ambassador for Christ

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What does it mean that we are called to be “ambassadors for Christ”? How does this element of our faith play out in the daily happenings of our work? In this episode, Joanna Meyer and […]

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 […]

Living Your Faith in the Public Square

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What does it look like to live faithfully in the public square? How can Christians navigate and engage the difficulties of today’s political divide? In this episode, Joanna Meyer and Dustin Moody talk with former […]

Ryan Tafilowski
A Study on Calling

What am I supposed to do with my life? It’s a common question these days. And it’s a uniquely modern question.In his book The Courage to Be, theologian Paul Tillich argued that people of all ages have dealt with anxiety — the sense of being haunted by death or guilt, for example — but what […]

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 […]

Ryan Tafilowski
Politics at Twilight

The quest for ideological purity is badly disrupting our common life, in part because it is feeding our rapidly accelerating trend toward polarization. The demand is now not simply general support of a party platform, perhaps with some qualms, but total and pristine ideology—and that goes for both the Right and the Left. This is […]

Jeff Haanen
How Should Christians Think About Politics? 11 Insights from Reinhold Niebuhr

It’s hard to find the right metaphor for our current political moment. Are we in an echo chamber with megaphones? Are we, like a nuclear reaction, splitting atoms and roasting all our opponents? Or perhaps we’re more like vikings on social media: we land ashore, pillage and plunder all who oppose us, and then sail […]

Bill Haslam
Public Office as a Spiritual Discipline

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Jan. 11, 2019 in Comment, a publication of CARDUS: www.cardus.ca. Read the full version in Comment.Today, many Christians on both sides of the aisle seem to have come to the conclusion that Machiavelli was right. They’ve concluded we have to choose between being faithful and being political. As […]