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Pilgrimages with The Collaborative #pilgrimage #faith #travel #explore #beauty #art #journey
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An essential component of pilgrimage is formation of the heart. Anyone can "travel" or "take a vacation", but this is different. Spiritual formation is the o...
Disney’s Onward: A Parable of Hope in our Secular Age - Collaborative Orlando
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I’ve always loved stories that explore magical worlds, so when I saw Disney’s 2020 animated film Onward, something stirred in me. There was something
Nuance: Being Faithful in the Public Square
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Podcast · The Collaborative in Orlando · Nuance is a podcast of The Collaborative helping Christians to faithfully live out their faith in their work. We recognize most of life is not lived in black...Current Opportunities
Vocational Guilds
Guilds are a means of helping individuals identify with their calling rather than their profession. Our understanding helps us establish a spiritual identity connected to God, not create action or work in order to connect to God. Through Guilds, we establish a new vision for our profession, a view beyond our paycheck or status, which includes defining a new standard of how to work through ethical and best practices.
What is the Collaborative?
The Collaborative provides discipleship resources and experiences for Christ-centered professional in the public square.
Culture is all around us, and Christians leaders in various societal sectors have the opportunity to serve the common good. Are we?
Work leads to blessing; blessing of others for the life of the world.
How We Do This
We Equip
Christ followers for their workplace, marketplace, government, and the arts with a Biblical vision for the common good.
We Connect
leaders within the marketplace, across industries, government, non-profits and more to address complex social problems.
We Mobilize
agents of change through courageous conversations, measurable action, and viable cross sector solutions.
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The Problem
Our Approach
The Collaborative, founded in 2013 as the faith and work ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, was incorporated and endorsed by the church leadership in 2023 to broaden its focus to cultural renewal and reach further audiences.
Dr. Case Thorp, founder and principal, shifted at the time in his duties as Senior Associate Pastor at the church to Theologian in Residence to provide the capacity to see the work of The Collaborative expand.
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