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Hilary Masell Oswald
Two Fellows, One Big Endeavor: Making Homeownership Possible for More of Our Neighbors

When Dave Umphress became a realtor in 2012—after several years of working with the Navigators, helping college grads transition to so-called “normal life”—he quickly realized that real estate would be an excellent industry to help him underwrite nonprofits he cared about. “For years and years, we gave [to nonprofits] through the income of the business, […]
Jeff Haanen
How Effective is the 5280 Fellowship?

“How do you measure your results?” It’s usually not the first question I receive from a donor interested in our work, but it is the second or third. And it’s not always easy to answer. Measuring impact in the nonprofit sector can be tricky business. In the business world, it’s much more straightforward: profitability is still […]
Lydia Shoaf
Can Good Jobs Really Change Lives?

After struggling with drug addiction, Lawrence Williamson moved from Florida to Colorado, in hopes of making a fresh start. “But that was hard to do with an addiction,” Williamson remembers. He started robbing banks up and down the Front Range to pay for his drug habit, for which he served ten years in federal prison, […]
Lydia Shoaf
What is the Common Good? And what role do businesses have in pursuing it?

In 1914 when Ford Motor Company promised an equal wage for equal work of $5 a day, Black Americans, for this and many other reasons, headed north with hope. The $5 promise made headlines across the world, but perhaps lesser known is the fact that Henry Ford himself maintained close relationships with Black ministers in […]
At Work, With God, For the World

What is work for? Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, but, as a culture, we’ve lost sight of the purpose of work. In fact, we’re in the midst of a crisis of work. Globally, only 13% of employees feel engaged in their work. That number is higher in America, […]
Jeff Haanen
The Changing World of Work (Part 2)

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble,” writes the author of Psalm 46. “Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth gives way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging…. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts…. The Lord Almighty is with us; […]
Jeff Haanen
The Changing World of Work

It was the second week of the pandemic. Late March 2020. I was driving back home from the office, trying to figure out what this would mean for Denver Institute, and for my own work. As I headed south on Santa Fe, just across from Aspen Grove mall, I stopped at a stoplight. I could […]
Jeff Haanen
Why Faith & Work? (Part 1) – Gospel

It was a Sunday afternoon. I walked out my back garage to toss the trash. I opened the green can, heaved in the white plastic bag, and breathed in … the stench of smoke. As I shut the can I moseyed out to my driveway to investigate. I looked up in the sky. The sun […]
DIFW Founder to Turn ‘God of the Second Shift’ Into Two Books on Vocation and the Working Class

Recently Jeff Haanen, the CEO and Founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, and Intervarsity Press announced a deal to turn “God of the Second Shift,” Christianity Today’s second most-read cover story of 2018, into two books. Al Hsu, the senior editor for Intervarsity Press, says, “Our team responded positively to him and appreciated […]
Ryan Tafilowski
Hope for Crooked Timber: The Manger and The Cross

Have you ever tried to read the Bible straight through? The story starts out well enough. Genesis is full of engaging and wild stories. Exodus recounts the dramatic tale of God’s deliverance of his people from slavery in Egypt, through the wilderness, and into the promised land.But then it gets brutal. Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy […]
Luke Bolton
Investing and a Biblical Worldview

Christian investors face many questions, some of which are ethically complex. Should they seek to avoid “sin stocks” as a top priority? Should they seek to benefit from unfortunate market events that caused financial loss to others? Should they see the purpose of investing as simply maximizing wealth?Such questions cannot be answered by pointing to […]
Lowell Busenitz
Shining a Light on Entrepreneurship’s Dark Side

Building a company is one of the most challenging adventures one could ever undertake. But with an entrepreneurship journey also comes great opportunities to know God in unprecedented ways. An Entrepreneurial Journey Leslie Lewis is of the most entrepreneurial individuals around. At the age of 25 she started her own software business with application in […]
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