Jeff Haanen
The Church in the World

  “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them, and he said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then […]

Help Us Shape Scatter: An Online Learning Platform Launching Fall 2018

Denver Institute for Faith & Work is excited to launch a new online learning platform, Scatter, later this summer. Scatter combines the best of our experts and industry-focused content with a theological framework and guided questions for both individual and small group study. Before we launch the platform, we’d like your help testing the site and […]

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 […]

The Makings of a Mission Statement

Mission statements often get a bad rap, maligned for their lofty aspirations and ambiguous language. Originally meant to provide vision and direction, an organization’s mission statement often confuses more than it clarifies.So when our board and leadership team began the process of revising the mission statement for the Denver Institute for Faith & Work (DIFW), […]

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 […]

Laura Bernero
The Five C’s of Empowering Millennial Employees

I stepped into the bright, airy office, thoughtfully decorated with modern furniture and colorful artwork, and I thought, “this is a space I want to work in.” The color of the office communicated values of culture and creativity. The open space implied collaboration. These visual cues felt purposeful during my first interview at my current […]

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 […]

Save the Date for the Denver Institute 2018 Annual Celebration: The Sounds of Work

The Denver Institute for Faith and Work is excited to welcome singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken for the 2018 annual celebration and fundraiser, “The Sounds of Work.”Join us on Saturday, May 19 at Fellowship Denver for an evening of worship, liturgy, and celebration of work and calling. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and drinks, […]

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 […]

Jeff Haanen
Doctrine: Adoption

This is the second story (of five) about men and women in Denver who’ve experienced the living God in their work. As I mentioned in the first post, a version of these stories were included as illustrations of various doctrines in The NIV Faith and Work Study Bible (Zondervan). The next story focuses on the […]

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
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: The Oxygen Mask Story (five-minute watch time; introductory video from MTF) To […]