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Common Grace in Amazing Times

From the Duomo of Milan on Easter Sunday Andrea Bocelli blessed a global, virtual audience singing the eponymous Amazing Grace. Just hours earlier my neighbors and I stood in our cul-de-sac singing the same hymn, a hymn Johnny Cash called...
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Thoughtful Reads for Careful Times

Today we have curated several different articles that we pray will help us along the journey of being thoughtful during this cosmic pause we all find ourselves in. Topics like exit strategies for coming out of CoVid-19 to the impact...
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Navigating Turbulence: My Wellbeing

This is our third and final installment of the three-part vlog series entitled Navigating Turbulence (Part 1 and Part 2 here). We are considering our own well-being in this week’s vlog. Case Thorp and Donelle Wright, a seasoned leadership coach,...
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Navigating Turbulence: Communications

Today, communications (personally and corporately) is the focus of our second installment of The Collaborative’s three-part vlog series entitled Navigating Turbulence. “The constant gaze of a Zoom meeting can be draining in ways an in-person meeting isn’t,” says Jeremy Bailenson...
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Navigating Turbulence: Dealing with the Unknown

Today The Collaborative kicks off a three-part vlog series entitled Navigating Turbulence. We are striving to provide practical encouragement as we learn new ways to live amid Covid-19. These are short discussions between Case Thorp and Donelle Wright, a seasoned...
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Author Spotlight: The Political Captivity of the Faithful by Nathan Hatch

With Super Tuesday already behind us but many more miles still ahead for this year's primary elections, this week's article, “The Political Captivity of the Faithful,” by Nathan Hatch is worth our consideration. It is a good reminder to remember in whom we...
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Why Vocational Guilds: A Synopsis of the Collaborative’s New Initiative

The following is a synopsis of a white paper by Dr. Andrzej Turkanik that lays the foundation for the Collaborative’s new initiative, Vocational Guilds. After a simple question and answer for why vocational guilds, we provide a brief summary of...
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A Faith That Works is Good Business

If the Christian virtues were three friends in a highschool comedy, Faith would be the stodgy one. Hope would be exciting, the one that’s easy to sell to the crowds because she has great stage presence. She’d be adorable and...
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Your Job & Noah’s Ark

How long has it been since you’ve heard a sermon from your pastor on Noah, the ark, and the flood? It seems the only place I hear about Noah’s journey is when my children bring home from Sunday School crafts...
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Kindness Is Always Beautiful

Why would The Collaborative feature an article about Mr. Rogers on our blog? There are a couple of reasons that motivated me to select this article. First, it is one of the conversations in culture right now because of the...
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Merry Christmas 2019!

Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior. As you gather with family, friends, or even if you find yourself on your own this Christmas, take heart and be filled with great joy, a joy that is big enough for...
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The Contemplative Life and Christian Asceticism: The Power and Price of the Good Life

Ironically, not treating the common good as primary helps better instigate pursuit of that common good. This third and final post on being grounded in heaven seeks to explore how it is the heavenly-minded who actually find their way beyond...

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