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

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Patheos. Drew Yancey serves as vice president for Leadership Partners at Denver Institute for Faith & Work.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 […]

Jeff Haanen
Drew Yancey Joins Denver Institute to Guide Leadership Partners

Denver Institute for Faith & Work is excited to welcome Drew Yancey as vice president for Leadership Partners. Alongside his role as VP of Leadership Partners, Drew is a business advisor helping clients solve challenging problems at the nexus of risk, strategy, and innovation. He has more than a decade of strategy consulting and executive […]

Joanna Meyer
Join Us This Spring for Virtual Community Gatherings

For many of us, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost every aspect of life. From connecting with friends and family through online technologies to watching entire industries shut down, we’re walking through a season of stress, loss, and change.We want to walk with you through this season of transition.To support the members of our community […]

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 […]

Ryan Tafilowski
Recovering Lament: What Should We Do With Unresolved Pain?

What does COVID-19 mean? Well, it depends on who you ask. Before I came to my senses and stopped reading Twitter, I came across a range of answers—from both the political Right and the Left. For some, this mysterious virus is the earth’s way of healing itself by driving the surplus human population to extinction. […]

Olivia Duncan
6 Ways to Reframe the Time: Family Intentionality During a Pandemic

Over the past couple of weeks, many of us have felt the tension of doing our jobs well at home while having your child, a spouse, or even roommates barge into the new “office.” My husband and I have been navigating the awkwardness of both working from home in our one-bedroom apartment. We are constantly […]