Nathan Mayo
Eight Ways Business Leaders Can Disrupt Poverty

Business is an incredible force for good. When business leaders of good character and good will seek to serve their customers and team, wealth is created and everyone is better off. Beyond basic ethical practices, there are many ways in which prioritizing the needs of the community—and people in poverty—can be good for business. It […]

Brokenness: Hers, His, and Mine

Summary In this episode I continue to reflect on the story of Jesus’ anointing by an unnamed Woman in Mark 14. This woman’s understanding of Jesus is more aesthetic than it is cognitive. She longs for the form of Christ, a longing that is founded on her own brokenness. Episode 70 | Brokenness: Hers, His, […]

Voices from the Workplace: The Work of Care with Dr. Matt Mahlberg & Cindy Chang Mahlberg

Summary In this episode of the Faith & Work podcast, host Ross Chapman continues our “Voices from the Workplace” series with a deep dive into the world of healthcare. He sits down with husband-and-wife team Dr. Matt Mahlberg and Cindy Chang Mahlberg, who lead the Colorado Center for Dermatology and Skin Surgery. Together, they explore […]

Work as Transformation

Work shapes us.  It forms our habits, our hopes and the way we imagine what is possible in the world. In a time marked by fragmentation, loneliness and uncertainty, the workplace has become one of the primary arenas where questions of meaning, belonging and identity are quietly being negotiated. Yet as this research makes clear, […]

What the Gospel Smells Like: Praying with an Unnamed Woman

Summary Mark 14:3-11 is the story of an unnamed woman who anoints Jesus with costly ointment. If we pray this passage, we are opening our lives to be cruciform, to be akin to this woman’s costly and extravagant devotion to King Jesus. Episode 69 | What the Gospel Smells Like: Praying with an Unnamed Woman […]

Voices from the Workplace: In the Hospital with Andy and Barb Wood

Summary In this Voices from the Workplace episode, Joanna Meyer talks with husband and wife Barb and Andy Wood about their unexpected mid-career transition from ministry into healthcare. Andy now serves as a hospital chaplain and Barb as an OB-GYN nurse, placing them at two very different but deeply meaningful moments of life in the […]

Matt Randerson
Remaining Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is advancing quickly, and much of the conversation around it focuses on capability: what the technology can do, how fast it’s improving, and how it might transform our industries. The reflections below are based on questions that emerged during Denver Institute’s Business for the Common Good Conference, held on March 6 in Denver, […]

Remember, Return, Repent

Summary 2 Kings 22 is the little known story of the prophet Huldah, a faithful woman whose interpretation of the Torah led to a great season of repentance. In this episode I pair that story with Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and suggest how our own repentance can be sustained by remembering and returning. […]

Re-Release: How to Trust God when you have a Quota to Meet

Summary In 2024, we released an amazing episode that bears repeating. Enjoy this Re-Release episode that is just as relevant as ever! Ben Nussbaum, VP of Sales at OnCenter and associate director of Faith & Work Chicago, opens up about what it’s really like to stay true to your faith in the ups and downs of […]

God Means to Impose

Summary The conclusion of the book of Genesis, with Joseph’s words of forgiveness offered to his brothers, provides a profound parallel with the death of Jesus, and helps us understand and pray about God’s redemptive work. Episode 67 | God Means to Impose Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute’s Vice President of Advancement and Theologian in Residence, […]

Who Are You Without Your Job?

Summary In this episode of the Faith and Work podcast, Ross Chapman and Brian Gray explore the complex relationship between identity and work from a Christian perspective. They discuss how societal pressures often lead individuals to derive their sense of worth from their professional accomplishments, contrasting this with the biblical view that identity is rooted […]

Embracing the People Who Drive You Crazy

Adaptation from Connecting Across Differences by James Borishade   Have you ever found yourself asking, “Why can’t they just think like I do?” Whether it’s a spouse, coworker, child, or friend, we all encounter people whose way of operating feels frustrating, even foreign. Maybe you thrive on structure and they live in chaos. Or maybe […]