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Jeff Haanen
Discovering the Soul of Education

An old saying suggests that educators teach their pupils “reading, writing and ‘rithmatic,” but the work they do, in thousands of classrooms every day, has deeper implications for the hearts and minds of our nation’s students.In addition to parents, teachers often serve as the strongest intellectual and moral influence in a young person’s life. The […]
The DIFW Guiding Principles: A Theology for Your Work

Recently I was challenged by another leader to make our organization’s core values more succinct and memorable. After taking a look at them, I realized I had trouble remembering my own nonprofit’s guiding principles! The key, I started to realize, was that if they were to become anything more than nice phrases, we needed to make […]
Learning Vocational Holiness from “The Pastor”

By Andrew Arndt Eighteen months ago, some friends and I sat in a restaurant dreaming together. “If we were trying to help Christians in Denver think more clearly about how the work of our hands and faith in Christ intersect, and we could bring one person out to Denver to speak on this, who would […]
Brian Gray
Inspiration: How to Pray for Specific Vocations

 Every Sunday, in churches across Colorado, worship leaders call attention to the needs of their communities and the world. Simply put, we pray for what we care about. Do the prayers you offer from the pulpit, in small group settings–or even in your personal prayer life–speak to the ways the members of your congregation labor every […]
Brian Gray
Media, Marketing & Storytelling

How does marketing and communications contribute to the work of God today?Hear how a panel of marketers and public relations experts answered this question at our 2015 event “Media, Marketing & Storytelling.” Panelists are T.C. Johnstone of Gratis 7 Media Group, Eric Brown of Whiteboard, Grady Powell of Openfields, Jill Anschutz (Hamilton) of SE2 and Jesse Marble of  Magneti Marketing.  
Brian Gray
Telling Your Company’s Story

“No matter what industry you work in. No matter where you are on the corporate ladder. Perhaps a different lens to tell our stories, market our brands, and lead our organizations is through the lens of the prophet. We are prophets of a future not our own.If we get this perspective right…We get our story […]
Greatness and Grace

Today Christianity Today published my interview with New York Times Columnist David Brooks on his incredible new book The Road to Character. Here it is in its entirety: David Brooks: We Need to Start Talking about Sin and Righteousness Again The New York Times columnist asks what it takes to build character in a ‘Big Me’ culture. Interview […]
Jeff Haanen
Matt Turner, MorningStar Senior Living (Video)

Matt Turner, the CFO of MorningStar Senior Living, serves nearly 1000 employees, tens of thousands of residents – and his investors. As a young, Christian business leader, he’s had to grapple with the tension of serving both his staff and his investors – one many executive leaders feel. Yet ultimately, for Turner his work is […]
Brian Gray
Advertising, Media & The Stories We Sell

Legendary ad man Leo Burnett observed, “Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.” Does marketing and advertising feed our hunger for more or can it contribute to the common good?Hear how a panel of marketers and public relations experts answered this question at our 2015 event “Media, Marketing & […]
Jeff Haanen
Jared Mackey: What Story Are You In? (VIDEO 3 of 6)

What Story Are You In? – Jared Mackey from Denver Institute on Vimeo.All of us at some point believe the idea that we are both writing a story and in a story. Walter Brueggermann explored this concept in his essay Counterscript.”Everybody has a script. People live their lives by a script that is often explicit […]
How should I choose a career?

Today most career counselors and well-meaning friends would respond to this question with: What are you good at? What do you love to do? What’s your personality type? Where do you want to live? What kind of lifestyle do you want? These are good, normal questions. Yet I have to wonder, are the goals of […]
Brian Gray
A Christian Ethic for Social Media

In the age of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, how can the Bible guide our use of social media? Denver Institute founder Jeff Haanen shares insight in this brief video essay. As you watch ask yourself: How does your use of social media feed “The Big Me”? Does your online engagement foster a “broadcasting personality”? […]
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