Jeff Haanen
Race and the Gospel

The week after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, I got on the phone to call several of my Black friends to see how they were doing. One of our alumni from the 5280 Fellowship, a Black woman working for the state of Colorado, shared her devastation. “I’m not sure how to describe how I’m […]

Fred Smith
A Permanent Enemy

Editor’s note: “A Permanent Enemy” originally appeared at The Gathering.In his documentary film, “Korengal,“ author and director Sebastian Junger recounts the stories of a platoon of American soldiers deployed to a tiny and dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The “grinding boredom gives way to bowel-emptying fear, followed sometimes by episodes of nearly psychedelic blood lust […]

Joanna Meyer
What COVID-19 Lays Bare: Implications for Women’s Work

Have you seen the ad Microsoft Teams created for Mothers’ Day that shows moms juggling childcare and work-related web calls during the quarantine? Kids sword fight in the background and brush mom’s hair while these harried professionals fight to keep their composure in front of their colleagues. Maybe you can relate to this feeling of […]

Chris Horst
To Our Heroes Wearing Trucker Caps

A big rig rolled past our family bike caravan. The driver delighted our kids by laying on his air horn as we waved to him. With four kids under age ten in quarantine, we seek and savor all our outdoor moments. Our family bike rides these days make us look at the traffic all around us in a […]

Drew Yancey
Faith and Work After Covid-19: A Gelassenheit Way Forward

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Patheos.Gelassenheit. The word struck my soul as soon as I saw it. I was early in my PhD program in religion and theology, pouring through the history of early Anabaptism. My research focused on the relationship between Christian and business ethics and I knew I had just stumbled […]

Jeff Haanen
People of Hope

Dear friends, Can you imagine a day when Christians are publicly known for their love? Could you envision a day when even those who disagree with our doctrines look at us, our churches, our workplaces, and our public engagement, and say, “Look how they love us!” As culture secularizes and young people increasingly claim no religion at […]

Expanding Our Reach

We are proud to serve Denver and the Rocky Mountain region through our events and the 5280 Fellowship, and technology like podcasts and online courses amplify our message throughout the country and around the world. In addition to the thousands of podcast listeners and Scatter users engaging with content, DIFW carried the faith and work […]

Discipling for Change

One of the most common points of feedback we receive from our community is the desire to better understand how their faith informs their work. While all DIFW programming is built to equip believers to live out their faith in their workplace as a way to love God and serve our neighbors, our media and […]

Jeff Haanen
Culture is Changing

The Problem In the last 50 years, culture has drastically changed. As culture secularizes and young people increasingly claim no religion at all, the church is searching for a way forward. Today there are nearly 30 million more people who are “religiously unaffiliated” than just 10 years ago. The Christian Response The Christian response has […]

Challenging the Status Quo

In 2019, we fostered conversations around critical issues facing our economy, our churches, and our communities. Jay Jakub, author of Completing Capitalism, challenged us to consider that the public good is not incompatible with a positive balance sheet at “Business for the Common Good.” Dr.s Matthew Hoehner and Ellen Bartling helped educators understand their opportunity […]

Equipping Future Leaders

Since 2016, more than 75 Fellows have completed the nine-month spiritual formation and professional development experience that helps Christians integrate their career and their calling to love God and serve their neighbors. We often say that the 5280 Fellowship is meant to equip participants for a life with God, through work, for the world.As adult […]

Dustin Moody
A Voice for Change

As a native of southern California, Angela Evans felt at home along the U.S.-Mexico border. She made countless visits to Mexico for church mission trips, and her church hosted a Spanish-speaking service. But she didn’t expect the border to serve as a focal point in her future career. After college, Angela found a job at […]