Brian Gray
Doing Good and Doing Well: A COVID-19 Response

Samantha Glenn is a past 5280 Fellow and a strategist with Peak Refreshments. As a food services company, fears about the coronavirus have interrupted their normal workflow drastically. But the disruptions caused by the pandemic have also created a new opportunity to partner with local churches and nonprofits to enhance food access for their communities.  […]

Jeff Haanen
Designing Workplaces to be More Human

We spend about a third of our waking lives at work. And yet, for the majority of people, work is not much more than a paycheck. We feel lonely, especially men. We feel like there’s a gap between our job responsibilities and our own potential. We often feel exhausted and question whether our work is […]

Jeanne Oh Kim Joins the Denver Institute Board of Directors

Denver Institute for Faith & Work is excited to welcome Jeanne Oh Kim as our newest board member. I recently asked Jeanne about her role as a pediatrician, a mother, and wife, and the ways she integrates her faith and her work as a physician. What does living out your calling as a pediatrician mean […]

Ryan Tafilowski
The Gospel and Work

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part blog series exploring “Every Good Endeavor” by Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf. The Denver Institute for Faith & Work Book Club will explore books, share ideas, and encourage each other as we integrate our faith and work. Share your thoughts in our private Linkedin Group. […]

Ryan Tafilowski
Our Problems With Work

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part blog series exploring “Every Good Endeavor” by Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf. The Denver Institute for Faith & Work Book Club will explore books, share ideas, and encourage each other as we integrate our faith and work. Share your thoughts in our private Linkedin Group. […]

Ryan Tafilowski
God’s Plan for Our Work

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part blog series exploring “Every Good Endeavor” by Tim Keller and Katherine Leary Alsdorf. The Denver Institute for Faith & Work Book Club will explore books, share ideas, and encourage each other as we integrate our faith and work. Share your thoughts in our private Linkedin Group. […]

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 […]

Jeff Haanen
Reimagining Retirement

Editor’s note: This article was original published by The Lausanne Movement. It is shared with permission.Greg Haanen recently turned 65 and retired from a career selling print advertising. For over 14 years, he lived in Minneapolis, while his wife Gayle ran Interlachen Inn, a small restaurant in Alexandria, Minnesota. Having lived apart from her for […]

Katherine Leary Alsdorf
Work: A Way to Love Our Neighbor

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.In Every Good Endeavor, Keller and Alsdorf talk about work as an act of loving your neighbor.1 Drawing on the insights of Luther, Sayers, De Koster, […]

Jeff Haanen
NPR Isn’t the Only Place to Donate Your Car

I arrived at the car repair shop hopeful, only to get the dire news. The total repair for my 2006 Subaru Forester would cost $3,300. The Kelley Blue Book value? Well, let’s say that the cost of repairs far exceeded the total value of my beloved Subaru.What to do? As I started shopping for a new […]

Jeff Haanen
What’s Really Happening to Christianity in America?

The Pew Research Center recently published an alarming report: “In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace.” Since 2009, the religiously unaffiliated have risen from 17% of the population to 26% in 2018/19.  And today only 65% of Americans identify as Christians, down from 77% only a decade ago.The report points out that there’s […]

Dustin Moody
Making All Things New

Our annual fundraiser and celebration of vocation earlier this spring explored the idea of how God is making all things new (Revelation 21:5). We celebrated the places where we’ve seen God’s work of redemption throughout Denver, and we considered how we can individually join his work of restoring our relationships and our companies. We asked […]