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Thursday, Apr. 30
4:30 p.m.
Denver, CO
Hints of Hope: A Conversation with Steve Garber
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Denver Institute Awarded $4.5m Lilly Endowment Storytelling Grant

Denver Institute for Faith & Work has received a $4,500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life. The award funds the CityGate Storytelling Initiative, a five-year national effort to produce 655 multi-format stories that illuminate how Christian faith is lived out through daily work.

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People come to know and love God through story. Work is a varied context with a vast array of stories waiting to be voiced.
WHY WE EXIST
Society lacks a compelling purpose and vision for work.
WHAT WE DO
We prepare people to serve God and others in their daily work so that workplaces and cities are transformed.

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Thursday, Apr. 30
4:30 p.m.
Denver, CO
Hints of Hope: A Conversation with Steve Garber
Join Denver Institute for a conversation with author, teacher, and longtime friend of our community Steve Garber as we explore themes from his new book "Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate."
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Thursday, May. 07
6:15 pm
Denver, CO
Professional Women's Network Gathering
Join us for an evening of relationship-building, appetizers, and encouragement.
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Thursday, May. 07
7:00 p.m.
Denver, CO
Faithful Uncertainty: A Conversation with James K.A. Smith
Join us for a conversation with author, philosopher, and professor James K.A. Smith as we explore themes from his new book "Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark."
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Friday, May. 08
7:30 am
Denver, CO
The Workshop (May 2026)
Join us for a gathering of founders and owners who are thinking redemptively about their business
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Upcoming Events

  • Thursday, Apr. 30
  • 4:30 p.m.
  • Denver, CO
Hints of Hope: A Conversation with Steve Garber
  • Join Denver Institute for a conversation with author, teacher, and longtime friend of our community Steve Garber as we explore themes from his new book "Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate."
  • Thursday, May. 07
  • 6:15 pm
  • Denver, CO
Professional Women’s Network (May 2026)
  • Join us for an evening of relationship-building, appetizers, and encouragement.
  • Thursday, May. 07
  • 7:00 p.m.
  • Denver, CO
Faithful Uncertainty: A Conversation with James K.A. Smith
  • Join us for a conversation with author, philosopher, and professor James K.A. Smith as we explore themes from his new book "Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark."
  • Friday, May. 08
  • 7:30 am
  • Denver, CO
The Workshop (May 2026)
  • Join us for a gathering of founders and owners who are thinking redemptively about their business

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Learn

What we read and listen to changes what we think, which, in turn, changes how we behave. All Christians deserve content that changes the way they experience their work lives.

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Connect

We bring together communities of Christians for personal encouragement, spiritual formation, and professional development, preparing them to work for the good of their workplace, profession, industry, and city.

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Practice

We expand and deepen the imagination capacity of the Christians for their daily work so that right theological thinking and the practice of work are aligned.

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Workers Bringing Hope & Life

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The shift for Matt began during his 5280 Fellowship, where he considered rhythms of work and rest, which led him to take a yearlong sabbatical.
Matt Allen
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There’s value to honesty, telling the truth, and seeing people. Once you start to really see people for who they are, you can’t unsee it
Greg & Christy Sauer
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Chloe saw a need to reignite the inspiration and wonder that compelled scientists to the field in the first place. The antidote? Art.
Chloe Johnson
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Fueled by these ideas of redemption and faithfulness, Samantha began thinking about food stewardship — how to donate uneaten meals to people who needed them?
Samantha Glenn
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It's important to understand that we're uniquely created with certain skill sets, talents, and gifts from God. And we should be asking ‘What is excellence?’
Dave Hataj
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Through my work as a _______, Christ is making all things new.
Britta Apple, Jeanne Oh Kim, Joel Hughes, Alan Chan
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I now realize God does have an interest in my work. It’s less about what I’m doing, but how and why I’m doing it.
Maddie & Paul Voge
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It’s a huge privilege to be an employer. So we want it to be a great experience and enrich their life beyond just work.
Meagan McCoy Jones
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That change of heart helped Adrienne view colleagues as neighbors, needs as opportunities, and a job as a platform.
Adrienne Tafilowski
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Social apps try to invisibly create feelings in us that only God can meet. I want people to think twice about being known and seen.
Joel Hughes
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Blythe has a passion to advocate for the most vulnerable in society through politics, policy and the church, believing in the "renewal of all things."
Blythe Scott
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I see my work as a public service. It’s in service to the people’s stories that I’m telling and giving voice to the voiceless.”
Angela Evans
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We don’t know how long we have on earth. For now, we’ve been entrusted with a lot. It’s our responsibility to steward it at 100%.
Ingrid Hall and Dave Umphress
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I had this aha moment from the Lord that schools are a portal to every need in a neighborhood.
Tracey Beal

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