What was the experience for you that changed your faith dramatically?
Our guest today shares the moment that moved his faith from his head to his heart and how it changed how he sees everything.
Jeff Haanen is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s the founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, an educational organization that creates content and experiences around topics related to faith, work, the economy, and modern culture.
Today, Jeff shares how he found faith while recovering from an injury, his funny response to praying aloud for the first time, and how he started thinking about faith and work. Plus, Jeff shares his process as he learned humility.
Jeff's story reminds us the Gospel is best infused into every aspect of our lives.
Listen to Jeff's story anywhere you get your podcasts! 
Stories Jeff shared:


Growing up in a Minnesota without a strong faith experience


Getting hurt before his senior year and reading the Bible and other books


Praying in a group for the first time


Joining a missions organization and going to Ecuador


Learning how to pay attention to people


Deciding to go to seminary with an insatiable curiosity


Starting the Denver Institute for Faith and Work


Noticing “cracks” in his armor


Realizing that he was looking for his identity in his work


Going on a self-awareness journey


Deconstruction how he lived his Christian life


Leaving Denver Institute for Faith & Work


How serving is crucial for work


Great quotes from Jeff:

My brain was way ahead of my heart and that's been a lot of my own faith journey. 
We need to go on a journey of seeking deep spiritual health.
A critical element of that self awareness journey is simply opening ourselves to what is and noticing what's there and not trying to fix it. 

Resources we mentioned (Affiliate links):

Jeff's website
Working from the Inside Out by Jeff Haanen
Francis Schaeffer's work
The Critical Journey by Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich
The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society by Leslie Newbigin
Bernard of Clairvaux 
Wellspring Church, Englewood
With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani

Related episodes:


Skye Jethani and Eternity Breaks In


Laura Flanders and The Mentored Life


Matt Fagioli and Beyond Check Box Faith

Halfway There

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370: Jeff Haanen and Faith in Technicolor

FEB 10, 202546 MIN
Halfway There

370: Jeff Haanen and Faith in Technicolor

FEB 10, 202546 MIN

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What was the experience for you that changed your faith dramatically? Our guest today shares the moment that moved his faith from his head to his heart and how it changed how he sees everything. Jeff Haanen is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s the founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, an educational organization that creates content and experiences around topics related to faith, work, the economy, and modern culture. Today, Jeff shares how he found faith while recovering from an injury, his funny response to praying aloud for the first time, and how he started thinking about faith and work. Plus, Jeff shares his process as he learned humility. Jeff's story reminds us the Gospel is best infused into every aspect of our lives. Listen to Jeff's story anywhere you get your podcasts!  Stories Jeff shared: Growing up in a Minnesota without a strong faith experience Getting hurt before his senior year and reading the Bible and other books Praying in a group for the first time Joining a missions organization and going to Ecuador Learning how to pay attention to people Deciding to go to seminary with an insatiable curiosity Starting the Denver Institute for Faith and Work Noticing “cracks” in his armor Realizing that he was looking for his identity in his work Going on a self-awareness journey Deconstruction how he lived his Christian life Leaving Denver Institute for Faith & Work How serving is crucial for work Great quotes from Jeff: My brain was way ahead of my heart and that's been a lot of my own faith journey.  We need to go on a journey of seeking deep spiritual health. A critical element of that self awareness journey is simply opening ourselves to what is and noticing what's there and not trying to fix it.  Resources we mentioned (Affiliate links): Jeff's website Working from the Inside Out by Jeff Haanen Francis Schaeffer's work The Critical Journey by Janet Hagberg and Robert Guelich The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society by Leslie Newbigin Bernard of Clairvaux  Wellspring Church, Englewood With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani Related episodes: Skye Jethani and Eternity Breaks In Laura Flanders and The Mentored Life Matt Fagioli and Beyond Check Box Faith