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Casper ter Kuile
Co-Founder, How We Gather; Ministry Innovation Fellow, Harvard Divinity School
Casper ter Kuile is the co-founder of How We Gather (a proto laboratory for spiritual innovation), and a Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. Through these projects, he is helping to build a world of joyful belonging. During a time of enormous changes in how people experience community and spirituality, he connects people and co-creates projects to offer greater connection, meaning, and depth to their lives. Ter Kuile also hosts the award-winning podcast, “Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.” He previously co-founded Campaign Bootcamp and the UK Youth Climate Coalition.
Previously
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A church in Denver that is at once ancient and of the future. A home-based experiment in Jewish life in Brooklyn. A Washington, DC, sacred space for artists and activists. Mee...
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The dramatic rise in suicides, violence, and addiction signal a society disconnected from meaning and a social fabric fraying at its seams. With participation in organized rel...
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For many Americans, faith is the animating force behind their beliefs and actions, yet that aspect of identity is often deeply misunderstood or goes ignored. Faith communities...
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Social capital “is the network and scaffolding, seen and unseen, that allows determined individuals to succeed,” writes the Aspen Institute’s Raj Vinnakota. “It eases barriers...