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Posted by on Jun 5, 2020 in business, Faith and Work Movement, Work | 0 comments

Business for the Common Good On-Demand

Business for the Common Good On-Demand

Today at Denver Institute we are launching Business for the Common Good On-Demand, a resource we are giving away to you for free. The videos and discussion guides address questions like: How do you determine if a business is successful? Is it reflected in a positive balance sheet, gleaming customer reviews, or a charismatic CEO? What if God measured success by a broader standard—by the way businesses help every employee, supplier, consumer, or community they touch to thrive? Business for the Common Good On-Demand features keynote presentations and panel discussions with industry leaders from finance, technology, sales, and the nonprofit sector. Featured presentations include: Work is a Way to Love Our Neighbor: Katherine Leary AlsdorfHow Faith Shapes Business: Jeff HaanenMy Life as a Christian, Investor, and Business Leader: Robert DollGenerous Business Practices: Aimee Minnich, Alan BarnhartWhole-Hearted Leadership: Lisa Slayton, David ParkFaith-Driven Investing: PanelSelling Christianly: PanelArtificial Intelligence: What Every Business Leader Must Know About New Technologies: Becker PolveriniThe Challenge and Opportunity of Global Business: PanelThe Future of Colorado’s Workforce: Hanna...

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Posted by on Dec 26, 2019 in business, Work | 0 comments

Faith & Co | Connecting Business and Beliefs (Jeff Haanen)

Faith & Co | Connecting Business and Beliefs (Jeff Haanen)

Recently I was honored to be a part of a wonderful series of videos spearheaded by Denise Daniels at Seattle Pacific University on faith and business. Here’s one video (of several) in which I give my off-the-cuff thoughts on the big questions we need to be asking ourselves about business today, and why our biggest story about what it means to be human affects everything about...

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Posted by on Jun 25, 2018 in business, Work | 0 comments

Theology for Business (Keynote)

Theology for Business (Keynote)

  On June 15, 2017, I gave a keynote entitled “Theology for Business” at Denver Institute for Faith & Work’s annual business event. Since I’ve come back to this talk several times, both in my writing and speaking, I thought I’d post it here. (Here’s the video.) I hope it helps you as you consider how the gospel might inform the culture of your business.  Thanks for coming. I’m really looking forward to learning from our panelists today and from all of you. Theology for business. What do these two worlds – church and business – have to do with each other? Christian theology doesn’t get a lot of air time at Harvard Business Review or even the Denver Business Journal. Neither does marketing, strategy or raising capital get mentioned much at church. But we find ourselves, here, today feeling like something is missing from both our church lives and our business lives. Here’s what I mean. How would we answer, “What is the purpose of business?” It’s a good place...

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Posted by on Oct 12, 2017 in business, Craftsmanship & Manual Labor, vocation, Work | 0 comments

How Does Your Work Impact Those Down the Line?

How Does Your Work Impact Those Down the Line?

  Have you thought about the people affected by your work who you may never meet? Learn more in this excerpt from the e-book “The Call to Commerce: 6 Ways to Love Your Neighbor Through Business.” Catch the first post here on the blog as well.  3. Love Your Supply Chains Months ago, I had a moving conversation with Tim Dearborn, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and former vice president at World Vision International1. He shared the story of visiting a church built on slave forts in Ghana. As he sat in the cathedral, he could almost hear the cries of 19th century slaves echoing below. I asked him, “What do you think are the modern ‘churches built on slave forts’ today?” That is, what are the systemic injustices that Christians have knowingly – or unknowingly – supported in the modern world? He replied with two simple words: “Supply chains.” Rarely do we think about the labor conditions of those who sew our shirts or make components for our...

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Posted by on Oct 11, 2017 in business, Economy, Work | 0 comments

The Call to Commerce: 6 Ways to Love Your Neighbor Through Business

The Call to Commerce: 6 Ways to Love Your Neighbor Through Business

  “And who is my neighbor?” This question is just as pressing to us in 21st century America as it was 2,000 years ago. A legal expert, “who wanted to justify himself,” posed this question to Jesus. In response, Jesus told the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Like that expert, we look around the world today and see pressing needs at every turn: self-centered leadership, ignorance, poverty, political instability, disease, and spiritual darkness. Overwhelmed at the needs pouring into our digital devices, we ask “What can I really do?” Our temptation, like that of the Levite and the priest in the parable, is to walk past the needs of others and go about our day. Yet two surprising twists in Jesus’ parable can give us hope. First, the hero of the story is a Samaritan, a member of a mixed ethnic group despised by the Jews. Though the religious insiders – a Levite and a priest – pass by, it’s the heretic, the outsider, who stops to help. The...

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