Hilary Masell Oswald
Loving Indianapolis by Feeding Hungry Kids: One Circle City Fellow’s Story

One evening last spring, in the early weeks of the COVID-19 lockdowns, a small group of faithful men and women in Indianapolis were chatting over Zoom. Part of the inaugural Circle City Fellows—a professional development and spiritual formation fellowship designed for early-career adults in Indianapolis—the small cohort had grown accustomed to lively, rich conversation about […]

Faith, Science, and Vaccines: Christians Working at the Heart of the Pandemic

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How should Christians think about the vaccines developed in response to COVID-19? What was it like to work on the frontlines of science and healthcare during the height of the pandemic? Joanna Meyer talks with […]

Kristi Rathbun
How the Psalms Invite Us to See Work in a New Way

Work and worship. To the average churchgoer, these things belong to different realms, different arenas of life not meant to overlap. Compartmentalizing secular and sacred life can seem appealing, particularly when times are tough and our jobs leave us shouldering stress and anxiety. Some yearn for that spiritual escape, to enter the sanctuary and leave […]

Lydia Shoaf
Holy Worldliness

I once heard a pastor say that his parishioners would often comment on how hard it was to go to work in “Godless workplaces,” day after day. The pastor responded, “It’s not Godless, if you are there.” This pastor’s words came to mind—but I began thinking of their meaning in a different way—as I read Matthew […]

Jeff Haanen
CityGate: Launching a New Initiative for Leaders

It was 2016. I was two years into launching Denver Institute. One day I woke up and realized a painful truth. I have no idea what I’m doing. So, I got on the phone and started calling friends and peers around the US. Geoff Hsu at Flourish San Diego; Lisa Slayton, then at Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation; […]

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 […]