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Dustin Moody
7 Thoughts on Work for Recent Grads

The party invitations, regalia rentals, and diploma frames all point to one thing: graduation season. The transition from college to the workforce can be a startling time for many recent graduates. It’s a transition that brings up questions about purpose, calling, employment, and direction. And while students have sat through hours of lectures and countless […]
Jeff Haanen, Laura Bernero
“Expand Your Cultural Imagination”: A Christian Rap Artist on Creativity  

In early June of 2017, I invited my friend Jim Mullins of Surge Network (a faith and work organization in Phoenix) to share with other movement leaders at City Gate, an annual gathering of peers doing similar work to Denver Institute.  Jim stood up and said, “I want to begin my talk on theological imagination […]
Tim Barr
“It Is Good”: A 5280 Fellows Experience

I’m currently going through the nine-month 5280 Fellowship, studying the intersection of work and faith. I think a lot of people, including myself, struggle with the question of what intrinsic value our work brings to the world. As a sales professional, how I can be of value outside of just strictly driving profits to the bottom line? […]
Laura Bernero
Video: The Roles of Women and Work

In 2016, a group of local leaders gathered for a panel discussion at one of many Denver Institute events centered around women and work. The discussion calls to mind a quote from “A Women’s Place” by Katelyn Beaty reflected the spirit that the panelists encouraged women take with them in their daily tasks, no matter […]
The Problem With Following Your Passion

There is a growing awareness within the financial industry of the need to work with the next generation. But the type of help millennials need is often very different due to their stage in life and financial situation. If we define wealth broadly, typically the biggest asset they have is human capital (or future earning […]
Joanna Meyer
Instead of Leaning In, Try Leaning Hard

Denver Institute was on the move! Friday morning, May 12th we trekked up I-25 to Johnstown’s Candlelight Dinner Theater for the first Women & Vocation event in Northern Colorado.As each registration notification arrives in my inbox, I ponder the challenges that each woman faces in her work. I wonder: How Kathy, a small business owner, […]
Jeff Haanen
Work Makes the World

The following is a speech given by Denver Institute Founder and Executive Director Jeff Haanen at the January 13, 2017 fundraiser “Work Makes the World.” To make a donation to Denver Institute, go to our give page.I’m often asked by friends and donors why I started Denver Institute for Faith and Work in 2013. It […]
Joanna Meyer
Can You Know the World and Still Love It?

It doesn’t take much to tire of the world’s suffering. Whether it’s the domestic drama of neighbors divorcing or headlines announcing a chemical weapon attack in Syria, we witness pain across the street or across the world every day. It would be easier to keep our heads down, but something prevents us from looking away.Why […]
Steven Garber
The Ordering of Our Loves

Ordo Caritatis. Some words and ideas are worth holding onto, especially ones that take us to deeper places of the heart, that ask us harder questions of the heart — and even more, ones that offer the hope that all is not lost, and that our fragmented selves can be reordered, that we can be […]
Jeff Haanen
Work, Profession, Job, Vocation, Occupation, Career or Calling? Getting Clear on Language About Work

“You don’t just have a job, you have a vocation!” Really? It feels more like I need a vacation. “Some people have a calling,” my father said to me. “But most of us just have a job.” “Profession? Sounds like what rich people do. ‘Round here, we just work.” “I think I’m gonna quit. I […]
Brian Gray
Life-Giving Purpose

Candice Whitley has always loved working with kids, and she felt her passion deepen as she pursued multiple degrees in education. As she navigated the field of teaching and discovered her strengths in serving students, she felt a strong desire to learn about the greater purposes of work, and God’s vision for that sphere of […]
Jeff Haanen
Calling – What, How, Why

“Everybody has a vocation to some form of life-work. However, behind that call (and deeper than any call), everybody has a vocation to be a person – to be fully and deeply human in Christ Jesus.” – Brennan Manning Christians often allude to a sense of calling that guides their lives, but they may mean different things […]
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