Jeff Haanen
“God is Excited About Your Work”

Kelly Leadbetter was a 5280 Fellow in the 2017-2018 session and works as an urban planner with Felsburg Holt & Ullevig, a consulting firm that specializes in city transportation and infrastructure projects. She spoke with Denver Institute Executive Director Jeff Haanen about her experience in the 5280 Fellowship and the program’s impact on her personal […]

Jeff Haanen
Starting your Journey on Work, Calling, and Our Economic Life

Wondering where to get started in learning about how Christianity might begin to influence your work – and even the entire economy?Here’s a good list of resources from our peers across the US compiled by our friends at the Kern Family Foundation:To Whom is Given (30-minute watch time, AEI Values & Capitalism project)For the Life […]

Joanna Meyer
Are We More Than Our Biology?

Many Christians working in the sciences struggle to integrate their spiritual and professional lives. In this presentation, you get a glimpse of how researcher Praveen Sethupathy, genomicist and researcher at Cornell University, holds his callings in tension.     Praveen will join Denver Institute on Feb. 15 for “Callings in Conflict,” an event examining science […]

Jessica Schroeder
Disrupting An Industry That Needs to Be Disrupted

This post highlights the work of Core Ventures, a presenting sponsor at a past February’s “Business for the Common Good” event. Thank you to Core Ventures for their generous support! For any of us who’ve been involved in recruiting and hiring, it’s no secret that the process can be slow, tentative, and at times painful. Maybe you’ve […]

David Rupert
Be Rich Toward God

This post highlights the work of Peak Financial Management, a presenting sponsor at a past February’s “Business for the Common Good” event. Many thanks to Peak Financial for their generous support! For some, financial planning sounds like something reserved for those with mounds of money and investment savvy. But for Nick Wolverton of Peak Financial […]

The Healing Power of Economics

The so-called “dismal science” is a powerful tool for wealth creation, but also for healing broken communities.I open my car door, sit down, and turn the key. Carefully balancing my coffee, I put my foot on the brake, shift into reverse, and gently press the gas pedal as I pull out of my driveway on […]

Jeff Haanen
The Missing Piece of Colorado’s Pension Crisis: Rethinking Retirement on Labor Day

Labor Day, the federal holiday dedicated to honoring the dignity of work, is a fitting time to take a fresh look at Colorado’s pension problems and offer a new perspective.This June, news outlets were in an uproar when Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) CEO Gregory Smith praised a paltry 1.5 percent return on 2015 investments as […]

Steven Garber
Good Work Matters for Everyone Everywhere

And the doors clanged shut.It is only grace that makes it be that I haven’t spent most of life in prison. The few times I have walked in, I have walked out.A long time ago now, I was asked to spend a week of my 19 year-old summer with a group of juvenile delinquents, as […]

John Marsh
The Resurrection of Place

Places, like people, can die. Cities die because of purposelessness, but they grow through love and hope. The practice of resurrecting life in a city starts in the heart of God’s people, having a hope for its future. I have experienced the call to a place—a “there that is woven into every fiber of my being.” My heart […]

David Rupert
Male and Female He Made us – Thriving Together in the Workplace

It started as a drip. And then it turned to a steady trickle and then a stream. And now it’s a river of accusations, denials, resignations and firings over sexual harassment. I don’t have to list the names. You know many of them as they span the political, moral and religious spectrum.   Time Magazine […]

Patrick Riley
How to Keep Going in 2018

On the Friday before New Year’s, I came into the office with no one here. (I tell the team to take a “holiday, holiday” where no one works between Christmas and New Years—it’s amazingly refreshing for all of us.) And coming in gave me a chance to plan out my calendar perfectly. You should see […]

Laura Bernero
How Generosity Breeds Unexpected Joy in Business

John and Ashley Marsh are entrepreneurs in the construction, real estate and hospitality industries who have been key in rebuilding the small town of Opelika, Alabama through renovation projects and their business, Marsh Collective.  In this video, they share their story about beauty from brokenness at the annual 2017 Generous Giving conference. John will join Denver Institute as a speaker […]