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...
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...
Spiritual and Secular: Why Seeking the Kingdom of God Makes Us Good Neighbors
Is Christianity Opium for the Masses?Friedrich Nietzsche viewed Christianity as suspect, not least for what he deemed its “slave ethic.” He believed a philosophy ought to encourage self-empowerment and the self-expression of the powerful. He deemed this Christian religious approach,...
Living Hope: The Benefits and Dangers of a Kuyperian Approach to Culture Making
If there’s one thing markets demonstrate, it’s how important future expectations are for living in the present. Sell. Short. Buy long. These decisions are shaped by confidence (or lack thereof) in the future of a given investment. Perhaps most painful...
Cultural Renewal One Workplace At A Time
This week’s blog post is featuring one of our own, Harold Armstrong, who in the past couple of years has really upped his value add in his job and to the company, Nemour’s Children’s Hospital (Orlando.) This is no small...
A Thoughtful Discussion About the Gender Debate
As the Supreme Court reconvenes this week, it will take up several key court cases that deal with gender. While many of these questions have been with us for quite some time, technological advances and our cultural progression has brought...
Technology and Work
In our last blog two weeks ago, PJ Wehry raised our sights with regards to how we think about technology. If you missed his blog, Christianity and the Advance of Technology, I would strongly encourage you to read it. Here...
Christianity and the Advance of Technology: A First Glance At Positive and Negative Effects
The modern world is rapidly evolving. We are constantly confronted by new, world-changing technologies from the internet to heart transplants. These technologies bring with them a host of questions that Christians need to wisely and prayerfully consider. This post is...
BOOK REVIEW: The Second Mountain (by David Brooks)
Welcome to our new blog format. The Collaborative is constantly striving to improve the things we are involved with and this blog is no exception.. We are hoping our new approach will be seen in this light. Instead of publishing...
For Sale or Service?
Jeannie Wilson is a real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway Florida Realty in Winter Park. She oversees sixty agents and has been with the company since 2013. She is a wife, mother of three, and a strong believer. Most recently...
Reimagining Retirement
Anne Bell, a recently-retired researcher at the University of Northern Colorado, spent one of her first years after retirement volunteering with the 5280 Fellowship, a leadership program for young professionals in Denver. Bright and soft spoken, wearing dark-rimmed glasses that...
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