Jeff Haanen
Integrating Faith and Work in Your Church This Year

Dear Friends, Your church is a busy place. Small groups, worship services, elder meetings – it’s hard to know where to focus your time as a pastor called to equip the saints for works of service. As a friend of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, you believe that one way to do this is […]

Joanna Meyer
2018 Events Schedule

Mark your calendars…2018 is our strongest lineup yet! Get ready for an exciting year of learning and connection. Whether it’s an industry-specific event, or a signature event like our annual women & vocation or business gathering, there’s something for everyone on next year’s calendar. February 1 – Business for the Common Good – annual half-day […]

2017: Best of the Blog & Social Media

In 2017, we had the privilege of seeing great stories unfold in workplaces and communities across the Denver Metro area and beyond.Our partnerships and events yielded beautiful testimonies of men and women doing excellent work throughout the region. Stories of unconventional leadership, tenacity and faith revealed themselves in conversations on the Denver Institute Blog and […]

Jeff Haanen
Faith in the Workplace: The Four Postures

How should I think about the role of faith in my company? How do corporations in America today handle issues surrounding spirituality in the workplace? I recently addressed these questions with David Miller who leads Princeton University’s Faith at Work Initiative and is the author of God at Work: The History and Promise of the […]

Jeff Haanen
The Prayer of Awareness

In the busyness of my life, who really has time to pray? Several weeks ago I sat down with my friend and spiritual mentor Barry Rowan. Though I wouldn’t say I was too busy to pray – especially not to Barry, a giant in the faith compared to me – when the conversation turned to […]

Jeff Haanen, Laura Bernero
“Expand Your Cultural Imagination”: A Christian Rap Artist on Creativity  

In early June, 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 — […]

Jessica Schroeder
Cookies at Work: The Relational Power of Hospitality in the Workplace

If you have ever seen the film Babette’s Feast, you know the power of exceptional food and wine to foster the healing of broken relationships. For those unfamiliar with the film, the narrative culminates in an extravagant meal that mediates grace to an unsuspecting group of people. As they dine on each successive course, these […]

The Education Choice Is Not One-Size-Fits-All: Four Things to Consider

We are homeschooling our girls again this year.  But that decision did not come easily.It took months of anguish to decide.  We finally chose to homeschool again for one primary reason: our global calling to missions and our desire to keep including our kids in all that entails.  Though our permanent address is now in the US, […]

Joanna Meyer
Welcome Jessica Schroeder

Our event calendar is heating up for the coming year, and so we are thrilled to welcome Jessica Schroeder to the team as our Events Intern! Jessica joins us from Denver Seminary, where she is in the final stages of an MA in Theology. She is an accomplished writer, who has published more than 20 […]

Tim Macready
Integrating Faith Into the Way We Invest

As Chief Investment Officer of a Christian pension fund, it occurs to me frequently that 25,000 Australians have entrusted their retirement savings to us. This is a substantial responsibility. Our beneficiaries trust that we will work to the utmost of our abilities to ensure they are well-provided for so they can live a fruitful and […]

Jeff Haanen
The Miracle of the Reformers: Why Teaching Your Kids Hymns is Good for the Economy

Perhaps the songs we teach our children is one the most important legacies we can leave for posterity. This morning I sat down to breakfast with my wife and four daughters. After eggs and sausage, we listened to the classic hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation.” My wife educates our […]

Chris Horst
A 411 for Fundraising

  Chris Horst, vice president of development at HOPE International, first shared this post on his blog in 2013.  A few weeks ago, I sat down with a friend-of-a-friend who just started her first fundraising job. Because I’ve now been in a fundraising role for years, I have meetings and calls with new fundraisers often. Sometimes […]