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Aunt Clara Brown: Unearthing a Legacy of Compassion and Strength
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Laura Bernero
Pursuing Your Dream in the Face of Adversity

Blythe Scott, a 5280 Fellow in the 2016-2017 session, has a passion to advocate for the most vulnerable in society through politics, policy and the church, believing in the power of God’s people to join him in the “renewal of all things.”Her passions for faith and politics became more and more integrated during the Fellowship, […]
David Rupert
Male and Female He Made us – Thriving Together in the Workplace

It started as a drip. And then it turned to a steady trickle and then a stream. And now it’s a river of accusations, denials, resignations and firings over sexual harassment. I don’t have to list the names. You know many of them as they span the political, moral and religious spectrum.   Time Magazine […]
Laura Bernero
Video: The Roles of Women and Work

In 2016, a group of local leaders gathered for a panel discussion at one of many Denver Institute events centered around women and work. The discussion calls to mind a quote from “A Women’s Place” by Katelyn Beaty reflected the spirit that the panelists encouraged women take with them in their daily tasks, no matter […]
Joanna Meyer
Instead of Leaning In, Try Leaning Hard

Denver Institute was on the move! Friday morning, May 12th we trekked up I-25 to Johnstown’s Candlelight Dinner Theater for the first Women & Vocation event in Northern Colorado.As each registration notification arrives in my inbox, I ponder the challenges that each woman faces in her work. I wonder: How Kathy, a small business owner, […]
Joanna Meyer
The Power of Callings, Constraints and Consent

Conversations about the role work plays in women’s lives are tense – both inside and outside of the church. From the debate over whether women can “have it all” or “attain balance” when it comes to work and family, to the perceived “ambition gap” that keeps women from embracing their potential, to the strain between women […]
Healing My Wounded Perception of Ambition

When it comes to our dreams, most of us fall into one of two camps. We’re either charging forward, meeting challenges as they come, despite the fear or insecurities we might feel. Or we’re crippled by those fears, always waiting on just the right moment to start, and often stalled out before our dreams come […]
Joanna Meyer
Discipling the Women in Your Church for All of Life

In February of 2017, a group of staff from our partner churches gathered at New Denver Church to explore findings from DIFW’s Women & Vocation Initiative. Joanna Meyer, Director of Events & Sponsorships, and Haley Grey Scott, author of Dare Mighty Things: Mapping the Challenges of Leadership for Christian Women facilitated the discussion. It’s important […]
Joanna Meyer
From Corporations to Cul-de-sacs: We Need More Ambitious Women

I knew the January Women’s March had captured the national zeitgeist when photos of a high school friend wearing one of the infamous pink knit caps alongside his daughter appeared on Facebook. “Our house is filled with nasty women,” his sign proclaimed, one of millions of similar posters waving coast to coast.Who would have dreamed the […]
Halee Gray Scott
The Invisible Army

Halee Grey Scott is an author and independent social researcher who focuses on issues related to leadership and spiritual formation. She teaches courses in spiritual formation, theology, and leadership in seminaries across the country. The following is an excerpt from her book, Dare Mighty Things: Mapping The Challenges of Leadership for Christian Women.   Vision […]
Bethany L. Jenkins
Women: We’re Co-Workers, Not Competitors

My mom didn’t work at an office, but she wasn’t a “stay-at-home” mom. After my brothers and I started school, she was rarely “at home.” Instead, she was volunteering in our classrooms, visiting sick neighbors at hospitals, taking meals to new parents, and organizing logistics for the funerals of loved ones. Her unpaid work wasn’t […]
Joanna Meyer
Women & Ambition: Going For The Gold

Carolyn McCulley, is unashamed of her ambitions. As an award-winning producer/director/editor at Citygate Films, a nonfiction film company she founded in 2009, she’s passionate about telling stories that lead to social change. She’s a woman on a mission, yet she understands how complicated it can be for women to navigate professional goals, relational commitments, and their […]
Carolyn McCulley
Do Women Suffer From an “Ambition Gap?”

Editor’s note: In 2012, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg caught the world’s attention when she claimed women suffer from an “ambition gap.” As one of the most powerful professionals and working moms in the world, Sandberg’s words rattled many women —in the struggle to balance conflicting priorities and desires, was lack of ambition really the problem? […]
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