Denver has a housing crisis. Guess who’s got 5,000 acres and a moral mission?
"There’s over 5,000 undeveloped acres owned by churches, synagogues, mosques. That's a massive land bank."
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Scum of the Earth Church set to open Denver’s only roller derby shop
An alternative Christian church on Monday won city approval to set up a shop for roller derby players. The shop will stand at 935 West 11th Avenue in Lincoln Park.
Denver author’s new children’s book is all about deportation
Even with few ways to act on behalf of these young kids, Uribe hopes small things like a held hand or a story might still make a difference.
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As Denver churches change hands, neighbors and developers wonder what might replace them
About 60 churches around Denver have recently been sold or listed for sale.
Denver Public Library users were really into historical fiction, women authors in 2017
What Denver read, watched and listened to in 2017, according to the public library.
500 years after the Reformation, one Denver church urges unity between Catholics and Lutherans
A pair of religious rabble-rousers leads St. Paul's, one of a small number of joint Lutheran-Catholic congregations.
These eleven Denver libraries are up for the next renovations, including two of the oldest
Denver Public Library will get $61 million if voters approve a new bond package. More than half that money will go to renovations at the central library.
Major renovation underway for 61-year-old First Universalist Church of Denver
The First Universalist Church of Denver is holdings Sunday services at Hamilton Middle School as it redevelops its sanctuary in southeast Denver and becomes a green church.
Denver billboards’ message for Gorsuch: “The only wall we need is between church and state”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is behind the billboards, which the group says are meant to address Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
BookBar buys van named Mavis from employee in unreasonably adorable deal
Among the plans for the van, which has has been in use distributing books for free or cheap, are for it to "sing" and possibly make same-day book deliveries.
LOOK: Denver’s oldest church and the choir that is family
Mitchell directs her crew with sizable pep and vigor. The choir's song lineup changes from one service to another, and it's her energetic leadership that keeps this tight-knit group on point all night long.
There’s a good chance the voice in that audio book is a Denver actor
Denver is home to two of the seven private studios around the country that record audiobooks for the National Library Service.