Thriving Cities

Insights for Adapting Public Spaces in a Post-Pandemic World

September 2021

This is a great read, enjoy! From the website: Reimagining the Civic Commons

Article at:   https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic-commons/insights-for-adapting-public-spaces-in-a-post-pandemic-world-f5765f45f655

 

 

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The Practicing Church in Shoreline, Washington, seeks to live out its faith in the neighborhood

What a beautiful article that shares how one church is living out it’s mission in it’s neighborhood!  See:

https://faithandleadership.com/practicing-church-shoreline-washington-seeks-live-out-its-faith-neighborhood?fbclid=IwAR1GDhooKxEUGLwh06ASlEQfaiky3JrECowRdJuozSYKRPnoWAzUzovhe1A

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Creating a Culture of Wellness in the Workplace

by Lynn Heatley.   Last week, I had the opportunity to sit around a round table and chat with other leaders about best practices of implementing “wellness programs” in the workplace.  It was an enthusiastic group that shared from a place of diverse practices.  And it represents a new trend to bring greater wellness to the workplace. 

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A Word to the Company of Josephs

by Lynn Heatley.   Recently, I was asked to share an insight that God gave me years ago. It was a time when I was working as an associate pastor on a church staff and my husband, a businessman, was leading in his company. I had struggled in our marriage with the belief that my husband needed to become more involved in ministry life. After a time of prayer, the Lord gave me some divine insights that changed my whole way of thinking.

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Finding Soul Satisfaction

By John Ortberg.  Interview by Greg R. Taylor.  The soul, for many, is a topic deep and mysterious. Some like John Ortberg, pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, consider the soul the most important part of who we are. Recently, Greg R. Taylor, who ministers at Garnett Church of Christ in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sat down with Ortberg to talk about his new book, Soul Keeping and how people can find soul-satisfaction.

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