Jeff Haanen
Anxious America: How to Faithfully Respond to the Mental Health Crisis

This article was written by Jeff Haanen and was originally published by The Reformed Journal. Reposted with author’s permission.I shut my laptop abruptly late one afternoon. I realized I was holding my breath. My neck and scalp were tingling and my shoulders were tight. I put my hand over my chest and felt my heart […]

Busting Myths about Mentoring with Laura Flanders

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary What comes to mind when you read the word “mentor”? Sometimes we can limit our learning opportunities by clinging to a rigid definition or misinterpretation of what it looks like to be a mentor or […]

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 […]

S7E1: Steve Cuss on Faith, Anxiety, and Healthcare

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How can healthcare providers manage the anxiety that comes with serving patients amid the coronavirus pandemic? How can Christians in healthcare love their neighbors through their work? Megan Nunnelly shares her experience leading a team […]

Jeanne Oh Kim Joins the Denver Institute Board of Directors

Denver Institute for Faith & Work is excited to welcome Jeanne Oh Kim as our newest board member. I recently asked Jeanne about her role as a pediatrician, a mother, and wife, and the ways she integrates her faith and her work as a physician. What does living out your calling as a pediatrician mean […]

S5E5: Abraham Nussbaum on the Renewal of Healthcare
S5E4: Brett McCarty on Faith and Medicine

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Does the church have a role to play in responding to the national opioid crisis? And how can Christians in healthcare serve their patients as an expression of their faith? Brett McCarty, professor of theological […]

Hillary Lum
Taking After Taiwan

As a geriatrician, I am passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of older adults, especially those who are frail and experience difficulties in daily life. As I strive to build partnerships that help care systems and communities serve vulnerable older adults, I’m motivated by the fact that this is not the way things are […]

Jeff Haanen
More than Skin Deep Healing

Several weeks ago, I put on my arms what I thought was lotion. Apparently it was some kind of demonic soap that made my arms break out in a rash. As I looked at my arms, not only did they feel itchy, but I felt embarrassed. I didn’t want anybody to see my skin, and […]

Jeff Haanen
New Videos: Medicine Reimagined

Denver Institute for Faith & Work hosted a two-day conference about the major issues in health care today from the perspective of Christian faith. “Reimagining Medicine” brought together leading voices on health care, theology, and culture with practitioners – nurses, hospital administrators, and doctors – from across the Front Range.Whether or not you work in […]

David Rupert
The Joy of Healing: Physician Finds His First Calling

Medicine is at a critical juncture in society. Rising costs and increased demands are spurring efficiencies. Entire industries exist solely to streamline health care, borrowing techniques from modern productivity models. Data has replaced the doctor and one Denver physician is sick of it.Dr. Abraham Nussbaum just released The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician’s […]

Joanna Meyer
What Does Religion Have to do with Bioethics?

Modern medical practice collides with faith at life’s critical moments — in the delivery room as a premature infant struggles to take her first breath, at an aging patient’s bedside as his family weighs options for end-of-life care, and in a consulting room as an oncologist discusses treatment options when chemotherapy has failed to stop […]

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