As major voices are calling our culture to rethink aging and retirement, Jeff Haanen argues that Christian advisors and clients need to challenge retirement as the driving motivation behind much of investing and financial planning.
Jeff Haanen is the Founder of Denver Institute for Faith & Work, an educational organization that creates content and experiences around topics related to faith, work, and modern culture. Jeff writes for publications such as Christianity Today and Comment magazine on a variety of topics, ranging from finance to emotionally healthy leadership to workforce development. He’s the author of An Uncommon Guide to Retirement: Finding God’s Purpose for the Next Season of Life as well as the forthcoming books From the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Finding God’s Purpose for Your Work (IVP, 2023) and God of the Second Shift: Vocation, the Working Class, and the Power of the Gospel to Heal the Growing Divides in America (IVP, 2025).