Jeff Haanen
The Changing World of Work

It was the second week of the pandemic. Late March 2020. I was driving back home from the office, trying to figure out what this would mean for Denver Institute, and for my own work. As I headed south on Santa Fe, just across from Aspen Grove mall, I stopped at a stoplight. I could […]

Jeff Haanen
Why Faith & Work? (Part 1) – Gospel

It was a Sunday afternoon. I walked out my back garage to toss the trash. I opened the green can, heaved in the white plastic bag, and breathed in … the stench of smoke. As I shut the can I moseyed out to my driveway to investigate. I looked up in the sky. The sun […]

Luke Bolton
Investing and a Biblical Worldview

Christian investors face many questions, some of which are ethically complex. Should they seek to avoid “sin stocks” as a top priority? Should they seek to benefit from unfortunate market events that caused financial loss to others? Should they see the purpose of investing as simply maximizing wealth?Such questions cannot be answered by pointing to […]

Lowell Busenitz
Shining a Light on Entrepreneurship’s Dark Side

Building a company is one of the most challenging adventures one could ever undertake. But with an entrepreneurship journey also comes great opportunities to know God in unprecedented ways. An Entrepreneurial Journey Leslie Lewis is of the most entrepreneurial individuals around. At the age of 25 she started her own software business with application in […]

Joanna Meyer
Highlights from RESILIENT: Women, Work, & Calling 2020

On Saturday, Oct. 24, women from around the world gathered online and in home-based watch parties for Resilient: Women, Work, & Calling 2020. This year’s theme acknowledged the challenges women face during the pandemic and strengthened them for the complexities they face in this season. Keynote speaker Bethany Jenkins, of the Veritas Forum opened the […]

Hilary Masell Oswald
Giving Where You’re Growing

To hear Doug and Cindy Smith talk about their long life together—they’ll celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in the spring of 2021—is to be reminded that human flourishing happens, over and over again, at the intersection of faith and work. Doug, a longtime engineering executive who is now the associate dean of the University of […]

Ryan Tafilowski
Breaking the Spell of Consumption

One of the most jarring literary characters I’ve ever encountered is Prince Mishkin, the protagonist of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterful novel, The Idiot. The story follows the bumbling Mishkin, whom we meet in the first pages fresh out of a sanitarium in Switzerland, as he travels through the elegant parlors of 19th-century St. Petersburg’s aristocracy. To […]

Highlights from The Politics of Neighborly Love

On Thursday, Sept. 19, more than 400 people from across the U.S. gathered online for “The Politics of Neighborly Love: Christian Citizenship in a Divided Age.” In Denver, our friends at Made to Flourish hosted a group of pastors for a socially distanced watch party at the Asterisk building, while Joanna Meyer, Ryan Tafilowski, and […]

Jeff Haanen
What is Denver Institute for Faith & Work?

It doesn’t take much to make the case that the world is deeply broken. Even as you read this, my guess is that today – in your own experience – you can feel the fallenness of our culture all around. From anger and fear in the news to our day-to-day experience of broken relationships, we know […]

Jeff Haanen
Why Give? Kahlil Gibran on Generosity

Crammed in my drawer next to my bed are years of arts and crafts, given to me with almost ecstatic anticipation by my four daughters over the years. A Beauty and the Beast coloring page; a blue, yellow, and green woven bracelet; a pink and yellow glazed pot, just perfect for a few coins. In […]

Ryan Tafilowski
A Study on Calling

What am I supposed to do with my life? It’s a common question these days. And it’s a uniquely modern question.In his book The Courage to Be, theologian Paul Tillich argued that people of all ages have dealt with anxiety — the sense of being haunted by death or guilt, for example — but what […]

Step Out from Behind the Curtain: An Interview with Mark and Nancy Duarte

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The High Calling; it has been edited here for length and reprinted with permission. Nancy Duarte joined us as a speaker for Resilient: Women, Work, & Calling 2020 on Saturday, Oct. 24. Nancy Duarte has driven the vision and growth of Duarte for 20 years, building an internationally respected design firm, […]

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