Writing - Jeff Haanen

Books

Working from the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2023).

An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God’s Purpose for the Next Season of Life (Chicago: Moody, 2019).

Conference Papers & Journal Articles

“The Trouble with Investing for Retirement,” “Reform Retirement, Redeem Investing,” “A Biblical Perspective on Retirement,” and “A Conversation with Jeff Haanen on Retirement and Investing,” The Journal for Faith & Investing, Eventide Center for Faith & Investing, March/April, 2022.
“Reimagining Retirement,” presented at The Christian Economic Forum, July 22-24, 2019.
“The Quiet Unraveling of Work in America: Three Economic Challenges, and What Christian Leaders Can Do,” presented at The Christian Economic Forum, July 16-19, 2017.

Book Reviews

“The Struggles of Men Are a Problem for Everyone.” Review of Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves. Christianity Today. February 6, 2023.
“‘Tis a Gift to do ‘Undignified’ Work.” Review of The Once and Future Worker by Oren Cass. Christianity Today. July 26, 2019.
“Dreading Monday.” Review of The Job by Ellen Ruppel Shell, Working by Studs Terkel, and Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber. Comment Magazine. April 4, 2019.
“The Healing Power of Economics.” Review of The Economics of Neighborly Love: Investing in Your Community’s Compassion and Capacity by Tom Nelson. Christianity Today. Vol. 61. No. 10 (December 2017): 65.
“Your Smartphone is Neither a Cancer nor a Cure-All.” Review of 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke. Christianity Today. April 21, 2017.
“An Ancient Christian Vision for Modern Medicine.” Review of The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician’s Search for the Renewal of Medicine by Abraham Nussbaum. Christianity Today, January 11, 2017.
“How Working on Wall Street Can Corrupt Your Soul.” Review of Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street’s Post-Crash Recruits by Kevin Roose. Christianity Today, June 12, 2014.
“Blogging, Tweeting, and Instagramming in the Image of God.” Review of TheoMedia: The Media of God and the Digital Age by Andrew Byers. Christianity Today.
“Baseball, Business and Beyond: Thinking Outside Yourself.” Review of On Thinking Institutionally by Hugh Heclo. Comment Magazine. Fall 2013: 50-55. (print only)
“Two Urban Manifestos for Evangelical Christians.” Review of Why Cities Matter: To God, the Culture and the Church by Stephen Um and Justin Buzzard, and Christ + City: Why the Greatest Need of the City is the Greatest News of All, by Jon Dennis. Christianity Today, May 21. 2013.
Review of The Power of Habit:Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. Leadership Journal. January 16, 2013.
Review of Migration Miracle: Faith Hope and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey by Jacqueline Maria Hagan. The Review of Faith and International Affairs. Vol. 10. Is. 12 (2012): 77-79.
Review of Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work by Timothy Keller. Comment Magazine. November 23, 2012.
“The Foreign Mission Field Two Minutes Away.” Review of Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission by J.D. Payne. Christianity Today, October 24, 2012.
“Give Church-State Peace a Chance.” Review of Endowed By Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom In America by Michael Meyerson. Christianity Today, September 13, 2012.
Review of The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture by Christian Smith. The Denver Journal. February 9, 2012.

Author Interviews

“David Brooks: We Need To Start Talking About Sin and Righteousness Again.” Interview on The Road to Character by David Brooks. Christianity Today. May 13, 2015
“Michael Lindsay: Go Where The Decisions Are Made.” Interview on View From the Top by Michael Lindsay. Christianity Today. August 6, 2014.
“Kevin DeYoung Has a Busyness Problem, and He Needs Help.” Interview on Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book on a (Really) Big Problem by Kevin DeYoung. Christianity Today. September 25, 2013.
“Max Lucado’s War Against Despair.” Interview on You’ll Get Through This by Max Lucado. Christianity Today. August 23, 2013.
“David Platt Wants You To Get Serious About Following Christ.” Interview on Follow Me by David Platt. Christianity Today. February 7, 2013.
“Better Partners.” Interview on Short Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel and Experience by Brian M. Howell. Vol. 57, No. 1. Christianity Today (January 2013): 79.

Guest Blog Posts

“Upside-Down Investing,” Faith Driven Investor, May 2023.
“The Coming Metaverse,” Eagle Venture Funds, March, 2023.
“5 Bad Starting Points for the Faith and Work Conversation.” The Gospel Coalition. September 3, 2016.
“Driving Back the Cloud of Fear: A Christmas Meditation.” Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. December 24, 2015.
“Consumerism: What Do People Really Want?” Patheos. November 18, 2015.
“Vocation: The Holy Grail of Corporate America.” Patheos. February 20, 2014. [Originally posted as an article on this blog]
“Why Serving the Common Good Isn’t Enough.” The Gospel Coalition. March 18, 2013. [Originally posted as an article on this blog]
“Why Your Church Needs Vocation Groups.” The Gospel Coalition. March 1, 2013.
Review of The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide and Define a Nation by Stephen Prothero. The Gospel Coalition. August 7, 2012.

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