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Disney’s Onward: A Parable of Hope in our Secular Age

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 about Onward that seemed both to transport me to another world and tell me more about...
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From Loneliness to Love

A From the Seminarians Series by Draa Mackey Loneliness.  The odds are that you’ve experienced it firsthand. If you have, you’ll quickly recall how smothering it can be. Laura and Robert Illig in Business Insider write, “Even before COVID spread...
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Why You Should Reduce Screen Time & Some Tips To Do So

As has been The Collaborative's practice we will once again be taking a screen sabbatical for the month of July. Considering this our blog post today was selected to help encourage you to look for ways to cut back on...
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When Helping Hurts

When Helping Hurts When the network system for Southwest Airlines failed last year, sending scores of holiday travelers into endless frustration and fatigue, a business analyst described the catastrophe as happening "gradually, and then all at once." In other words,...
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Summer Reads!

SUMMER READS! Last week with the arrival of above 90 temperatures and high humidity was an ugly introduction to summer for Central Florida.  As we all know, life works differently during these months, which certainly presents opportunities to sneak in...
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Religious Freedom in Florida: Let’s Be #1!

Religious Freedom in Florida: Let's Be #1! Florida ranks number one in so many ways.   One hopes we would rank number one when it comes to religious liberty. Florida currently ranks fourth in the nation in religious liberty behind...
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IRL: A Secret Ingredient Toward Personal Holiness

A new year often ushers in resolutions but also new patterns and pathways for activities. For many of us, the start of 2023 meant ushering in new pathways in the form of standing calendar appointments with other people. Project planning...
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Lean Into Truth

This was not the blog post planned for today. However, when the timing of the Nashville shooting by a transwoman coincided with the airing of our Nuance Podcast's episodes that were focusing on gender identity issues it was a confluence...
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Christianity and Culture in Dialogue: Herman Bavinck, Public Theology, & Gender

For our final episode for Season 2 of Nuance we welcome Dr. James Eglinton. Dr. Eglinton holds the prestigious position of the Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology at New College, the University of Edinburgh. He is the world's leading...
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HR Professionals Speak Into Faith, Work & Gender

Today we welcome two Human Resources professionals to give us a ground level perspective. Amy Lein, is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Second Harvest serves seven counties and with the aid of...
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Disordered Loves, Gender Embodiment & Holy Curiosity

Our guest today is Dr. Steven Garber, the Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. It has been said of him that he is a teacher of many people in many places. He...
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What’s Practical for Faith, Work, and Gender?

Today we interviewed Dr. Ryan T. Anderson, who is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He is the author of numerous books on marriage, religious freedom, and...

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