Drew Yancey
Leading Through Relationships

“Drew, how am I going to feed my family?” The question haunts me to this day. It was 2013, and the U.S. government had just shut down. The year before, I had taken over as CEO of a distribution company. The company was well positioned, which is how I was able to convince many of […]

Luke Rousch
Creative Destruction and Work as Transformation

Editor’s note: This content was originally published for the Christian Economic Forum’s 2019 Global Event. This content is shared with Denver Institute for Faith & Work with consent from CEF.Joseph Schumpeter, a prominent economist in the mid-20th century, devoted his life work to the study of capitalism. According to Schumpeter, the “gale of creative destruction” describes the […]

S4E5: Bob Doll on Faith & Finances

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary How can Christians navigate the challenges of working in finance? Can investing serve a greater purpose, or is it all about building wealth? Robert Doll, CFA, chief equity strategist and senior portfolio manager at Nuveen, […]

The Value of Art for Business

Does the physical environment of a business matter? Walls, color, light, images – many businesses use buildings to communicate their corporate values or mission. Yet are our workplaces beautiful? Should art have a role in businesses and workplaces in Colorado? Can art awaken creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and a sense of deeper purpose in our work?Jeff […]

S2E6: Faith and Business with Kenman Wong

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Summary Churches often struggle to affirm the positive role that businesses can have and the potential influence of business leaders. After all, what does the Bible have to say about the ways we run our businesses? […]

S1E8: Completing Capitalism with Jay Jakub

Do you like The Faith & Work Podcast? Be sure to subscribe! Now available on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher. Summary The driving forces of business, commerce and capitalism don’t always serve us well. How can business be leveraged for a greater good, beyond just the shareholders at the top? Jay Jakub, senior director of […]

7 Ways to Pastor Professionals

Living out our faith at work looks different for doctors, lawyers, accountants, and professionals in various industries, and ministry leaders often struggle to fully understand the challenges their members face in the workplace. At a recent event for our Church Partnership Network, Jeff Haanen shared seven practical ways to disciple the professionals in our pews. […]

Jeff Haanen
Doctrine: Perseverance

In the final post of the series Heart, Work & World? Telling First-Hand Accounts of the Gospel in our Work, we hear from a facilities manager who works at a local church. My favorite part about this story is the quote in the fourth paragraph. Quite stunning that through picking up trash he can see atonement […]

Jeff Haanen
Doctrine: Redemption

In the fourth of five posts in our series Heart, Work & World? Telling First-Hand Accounts of the Gospel in our Work, we visit a construction site in Denver. Paraphrasing C.S. Lewis, God is not just making nice people, but new men. And that’s what the doctrine of regeneration is about: through the Holy Spirit we go […]

Jeff Haanen
Doctrine: Sovereignty

In the third of three posts in our series Heart, Work & World? Telling First-Hand Accounts of the Gospel in our Work. Find other posts here on how our humanity and God’s adoption play out in stories of work today.  In this story, a small business entrepreneur takes the leap from being a shop class teacher to […]

Free Download: 6 Ways to Love Your Neighbor Through Business

“Who is my neighbor?”This question has stumped believers since the legal expert asked Jesus about it more than 2000 years ago. In hopes of justifying himself, the lawyer sought unambiguous instructions for inheriting eternal life. Jesus responded with the story of the Good Samaritan, demonstrating that loving our neighbors is defined more by our mercy […]

Jeff Haanen
Doctrine: Humanity

What does faith look liked played out in day-to-day realities of work in a broken world? A while back, I wrote a series of short stories based on interviews with people in Denver. These stories were used for the NIV Faith and Work Study Bible. Each story was meant to highlight one doctrine, and how an […]