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Denver Institute Awarded $4.5M Lilly Endowment Storytelling Grant

December 15, 2025 DENVER, CO – Denver Institute for Faith & Work has received a grant of $4,500,000.00 from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its National Storytelling Initiative on Christian Faith and Life 2025. The grant will support the CityGate Storytelling Initiative: Parables for Transformation through Work, a five-year national project designed to identify, produce, and […]
The Light Has Come: The Darkened Between

Summary Movement 9 of Handel’s Messiah combines two texts from Isaiah, one which proclaims that the exile is about to be over, and one that celebrates that the exile is over. This combination of passages is a beautiful juxtaposition that orients us in betweenness, which is what Advent is all about. Episode 63 | The […]
Voices from the Workplace: Approaches to Education with Hilary Oswald & Bill Kurtz

Summary In this conversation, we engage with Bill Kurtz and Hilary Oswald to explore two distinct educational approaches shaped by faith and community. Bill Kurtz, founder of the Denver Schools of Science and Technology, shares his journey from Wall Street to education, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and the belief that every child can […]
The Light Has Come: Seeing the Light

Summary In this episode, I explore Isaiah 9:2 and Handel’s interpretation of that text in Movement 11 of Messiah. Advent is all about light, which means it is also all about darkness. This dialectic is beautifully explored by Handel in the way he juxtaposes major and minor chords. God’s light is how we pray in […]
Voices from the Workplace: Public Education with Jim McKenney and Irvin Scott

Summary In this conversation, we get to hear from 2 people who have spent their career faithfully serving in public education. Irvin Scott emphasizes the critical role of teachers in society and the importance of showing appreciation for their hard work, and encourages listeners to reflect on their gratitude towards educators and highlights the challenges […]
Soli Deo Gloria: God’s Glory and Our Work

Summary Psalm 127 is a wonderful and beautiful prayer about work. All of us long for our work to somehow remain, or endure, and praying this psalm is a way of praying about God’s glory, which can act like the mortar for whatever it is we are building through our work. Episode 61 | Soli […]
We Won An Award!

Summary We are pleased to announce that The Faith & Work Podcast is the recent recipient of the Christian Media Association’s CONTENT Award for Best Podcast in the Education Category! Host Ross Chapman and Faith & Work Podcast Producer Naomi Hartman celebrate the many who have come before them to lay the groundwork for this […]
Psalm 19: The Starry Host Above and the Moral Law Within

Summary Psalm 19 brings together God’s work as creator and God’s work as lawgiver in a beautiful hymn of praise that not only conveys the unity of God’s creative work but also invites our praise. Episode 60 |  Psalm 19: The Starry Host Above and the Moral Law Within Hosted by Jeff Hoffmeyer, Denver Institute’s Vice […]
Voices from the Workplace: Art and Business with The Weidmann’s

Summary In this episode of the Faith in Work podcast, artists Jake and Hannah Weidmann discuss how their work disciples them, how their work as artists has revealed to them different aspects of God and how their marriage has also shaped their art and business. The conversation emphasizes the importance of storytelling in art, the […]
The Ninety-Nine and the One: Following the Good Shepherd

Summary Jesus’ parable of the Lost Sheep is the first of three parables in Luke 15 about lostness. This parable is abound being found by God, and also about leaving the ninety-nine and going after the one, a journey that may be costly but that also leads to joy and freedom. Episode 59 |  The […]
Voices from the Workplace: Become a Story Leader with TC Johnstone

Summary In this episode of the Faith and Work Podcast, host Ross Chapman engages with TC Johnstone, an impact documentary filmmaker, to explore the intersection of faith, storytelling, and the arts. They discuss the importance of storytelling in various contexts, the role of curiosity and self-awareness in engaging with others, and the SPEAK framework for […]
God Loves Work: Barns and Self-Talk

Summary Jesus’ parable of the “Rich Fool” in Luke 12 is about money, and about a lot more than money. It’s about what we put our store in–where we place our hope. In prayer, we can pay attention to the conversation we are having with ourselves about the barns that we are building. In prayer, […]
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