The Faith & Work Podcast

On this episode of The Faith & Work Podcast, the discussion is centered on the unlikely topic of the subversive nature of The Lord's Prayer. Listen in as Joanna Meyer and Abby Worland interview D.J. Marotta, a priest in the Anglican Church in North America and the founding Rector of Redeemer Anglican Church in Richmond, VA. D.J. is also the author of the new book Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord’s Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age.

As Christians how do we deal with disappointment in our work? How can communicating expectations clearly and asking the right questions of our organization help us navigate discouraging moments? In this episode, Joanna Meyer talks with Jeff Hoffmeyer, vice president of advancement at Denver Institute, and Lisa Slayton, founder of Tamim Partners, about the challenges and wisdom they have gleaned from persevering through workplace disappointments.

This week the Faith & Work Podcast discusses the importance of making your assumptions at work explicit. Everyone has their own unique working styles, strengths, and quirks that they bring to the workplace. In this episode, we hear from Brian Gray, Denver Institute's VP of Formation and the Director of the 5280 Fellowship, on the topic of transforming team relationships with user guides.  

This week the Faith & Work Podcast wraps up its three-part series on leadership. For this episode Joanna Meyer and Abby Worland interview Christy Vines. Christy Vines is the president and CEO of Ideos Institute, a Christian organization that dedicates its work to understanding the theological roots and neuroscience of empathy, the role it plays in leadership, society, and culture, and its power to help us solve the major challenges of our time. Listen in as we discuss what it looks like to be a leader who lives out the world-changing virtue of empathy.

This week the Faith & Work Podcast continues its three-part series on the topic of leadership for today's challenges. In this episode, we interview Stephanie Summers, the CEO of the Center for Public Justice, a nonpartisan Christian think tank engaged in public policy development and civic education. Stephanie also serves as a Trustee of Eastern University, where she received her M.S. in Nonprofit Management, and is a recipient of the inaugural Duke Divinity Reflective Leadership Award.

The Faith & Work Podcast is kicking off a three-part series that will be centered on the topic of Leadership. These episodes will not only discuss the timeless skills of crafting a vision and thinking strategically they will also address leadership skills that are needed to navigate the complexities of today's economic uncertainty and changing social dynamics. In this episode, we hear from an expert in the field David Spickard. David is the Founder and President of 11 | Ten Leadership, a leadership development company based in Raleigh, NC, that works with CEOs and their leadership teams in companies with revenues ranging from $1 million to $250 million per year to strengthen their leadership, culture, strategy, and impact.

What does thinking theologically about your work mean? What does it look like and how is it lived out? In this week's episode, we hear from JoAnn Flett, executive director at The Center for Faithful Business at Seattle Pacific University. Listen in as JoAnn talks about the importance of being a "priest in the marketplace" and the implications it holds for Christians working in business today. 

Is it possible to have a healthy two-career marriage, stay in love, and be successful? Listen in as we learn from Andre and Jeff Shinabarger. Andre is a Physicians Assistant at Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta, which serves poor and uninsured patients. Her husband Jeff is a social entrepreneur who founded and leads Plywood People, a nonprofit community of startups addressing the world’s most complex social challenges. He is also the best-selling author of the books More or Less and Yes or No.

The Faith & Work Podcast is wrapping up its series of Virtue and Vice at Work. In this week's final episode, Joanna Meyer and Abby Worland discuss the virtue of love in the workplace with Kara Martin, author of Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work. She is a lecturer at Alphacrucis College and Adjunct Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston. Listen in as they discuss what love at work looks like and the impact it can make.

Joanna Meyer talks with Kara Martin, author of Workship: How to Use your Work to Worship God, and Workship 2: How to Flourish at Work. She is a lecturer at Alphacrucis College and Adjunct Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston. Listen in as they discuss a wide range of topics that influence our faith and our work.