
Working with Dan Doriani
This podcast seeks to fire the imagination of Christians who long to practice their faith at work. The podcast features interviews of people who try to practice their faith at work. Guests may be famous or unknown. They may be very successful, quietly faithful, or instructive in their woes. We typically interview mature Christians, but there are exceptions. The common thread is a desire to live by one’s faith and convictions. Guests include professional athletes, award-winning broadcasters, a librarian, a surgeon, a Harvard-educated opioid addict, politicians, and more.
Latest episodes

Oct 4, 2022 • 40min
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, professor, author: Reading and public theology
As a professor of English, Karen Swallow Prior argues that reading both shapes character and requires character, including patience, prudence, and love. Dr. Prior offers Christian perspectives on events for the New York Times and the Atlantic, taking up the role of public theologian. Although she never sought one, she has a "platform" – and explains why it is ill-advised to seek a platform.
If you would like to enrich your reading life, enter here for the opportunity to win a copy of Karen's book On Reading Well, provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group.
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Sep 27, 2022 • 43min
Dr. Julius Kim, President of TGC: Making sense of the world from a biblical perspective.
Julius Kim is the man chosen to lead The Gospel Coalition after Tim Keller and Don Carson. Dr. Kim directs one of the largest Christian media platforms. Under his leadership, TGC has expanded to every inhabited continent and is available on almost any device. Julius's textbook on preaching offers a fount of information for new preachers and a tune-up for experienced speakers.
Enter a drawing for the opportunity to win a copy of Dr. Kim's book, Preaching the Whole Counsel of God, provided courtesy of Zondervan Publishing.
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Jun 15, 2022 • 52min
Dave Jump, Entrepreneur: Redemptive Stewardship
Dave Jump, President of American Milling, is an entrepreneur with a reputation for nurturing successful businesses. Though Dave primarily works, very successfully, to transfer grain up and down the Mississippi River, his eye for business and heart for his workers has made him successful at most things he’s set his hand to—from his revitalization of St. Louis’s beloved City Museum to the emergency production of much needed ventilators during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through his creativity, hard work and dignifying care for and compensation of his employees, Dave is an excellent model for what it looks like to use your God given talents, treasure, and position for the glory of God and good of neighbor.
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Jun 15, 2022 • 47min
Ray Cortese, Pastor: Holy Ambition
On this episode our guest is Ray Cortese, the self-professed “unspiritual” pastor who has spent over 40 years at the same small town church in Florida. Ray shares his own story of his life and call to ministry, and through it offers a candid testimony to all of us about the power of the God to transform human ambition for his own purposes. Whether you are a minister, church worker, or have ever struggled to know the right role of godly ambition in your own work, this is a great episode for you! Connect with us! Our website: https://www.faithandworkstl.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faithandworkstlInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/faithandwor...YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCuD3xLksTdBhMX0R...Purchase Dan's latest book: https://www.prpbooks.com/book/work-th...

Jun 1, 2022 • 57min
Tom Nelson, President of MTF: Work that Flourishes
Our guest on this episode is Tom Nelson. The subject of faith and work is very near and dear to Tom's heart. He is president of the faith and work organization Made to Flourish, a pastor, and the author of several books including: “Work Matters”, “The Economics of Neighborly Love”, and, most recently, “The Flourishing Pastor”. In this episode Tom and Dan discuss the world of faith and work, and Tom's profound, lifelong commitment to bridging, what he calls, the Sunday to Monday gap. Tom’s most recent book, the flourishing pastor, offers a framework for ministry leaders to get out from the crushing burden of stress and crisis. Whether you are are a pastor yourself or simply a faithful believer ministering to a weary world through your daily work--issues of over commitment and burn out, along with the need for accountability and discipleship are nearly ubiquitous. Who are you leading? Who is leading you? As you listen, I invite you consider what flourishing leadership might look like in your life.
The Flourishing Pastor: https://www.amazon.com/Flourishing-Pastor-Recovering-Leadership-Resources/dp/1514001322/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-daUBhCIARIsALbkjSaFOhjuWRJpdX-vAgb_SB29_i8MdumjNSCCtsJP9ZQETG6fXDD2ErkaAuiLEALw_wcB&hvadid=558582329959&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1019379&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2157699979659963738&hvtargid=kwd-1459587962795&hydadcr=22165_9764347&keywords=the+flourishing+pastor&qid=1654050731&sr=8-1
Made to Flourish: https://www.madetoflourish.org/
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May 25, 2022 • 37min
Lance Acree, Aeronautical Engineer: Teamwork
What does a cargo plane have in common with an operating room? You’ll find in this episode, an interview with Mr. Lance Acree. Lance is an aeronautical engineer and pilot turned healthcare consultant. His rare and strategic set of gifts give him a very special insight into what it takes for a group of people working together to succeed. Whether you are a team leader or team member, this episode will offer insights on how to cultivate collaboration, character, and creative problem solving in your workplace for the glory of God. The adage stands: teamwork makes the dream work!
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May 18, 2022 • 59min
Abby Karsten and Chris Gordon, Women's Ministry: The Body at Work
In this episode, Dan sits down with Abby Karsten and Chris Gordon. Abby is the Women's Ministry Leader of the Kirk of the Hills Church in St. Louis, and Christine (Chris) is an author of Bible studies for women and co-founder of At His Feet. They talk a bit about their work in their churches and on writing bible study curriculum, but spend most of the conversation on a subject, quite literally, close to all our hearts: the body. Our bodies are not incidental, "we are integrated, spiritual and physical beings" Chris insists. Our bodies are how we experience the goodness of God's creation: watching the dawn break, hearing Beethoven's 5th, eating Indian food, holding a baby. And yet they can also be the location, and often the source of profound pain, shame, and longing. None of this is foreign to our incarnate savior, the trio reminds us. Jesus took on a body, was DEPENDENT on the body of his mother, worked with his body, and yes, probably sometimes got splinters.
Check out:
at his feet studies: https://www.athisfeetstudies.com/
Recommendations for further reading: www.faithandworkstl.org/blog/recommended-readings-on-the-body
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May 2, 2022 • 56min
Tony Bancroft, Animator: Godly Entertainment
Tony Bancroft is the animator and director who has brought you some of your favorite childhood characters like Pumba and Kronk! Dan and Tony talk Disney, disappointment, and seeing God, even in the midst of your failure.
"There's a romantic idea of being creative. Shut the door and create. But creating is communal."
Check out Tony's podcast with his brother Tom: The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast
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Dec 29, 2021 • 37min
John Kramer, CEO: Creating a Healthy Business
John Kramer, Chairman and CEO of Cambridge Air Solutions, has made it his mission restore glory and dignity to the manufacturing industry. He does this through a genuine, palpable care for his employees that manifests itself through both unconditional love and high expectations. He and Dan talk leadership, environmentalism, and how business people can cultivate healthy, sustainable systems and organizations.
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Dec 22, 2021 • 31min
David Karandish, A.I.: The Future of Intelligence
This week Dan sits down with CEO and artificial intelligence expert David Karandish. Karandish answers all our pressing questions about A.I. like: when do we need to start fearing the rise of the machines? Is A.I. just human beings playing god? How will A.I. affect job displacement? And how can we best please our robot overlords? (Just kidding, we're all going to be fine.) David offers a window into the fascinating beauty of technology and how it fits within the creation mandate to be fruitful, multiply, and fill, gently subdue, and cultivate the earth.
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