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Tending the Soil: Sharing Our Intention & Plans for this Season
A Message from Glean Network Founding Director, Rabbi Elan Babchuck Glean Network is soon to embark on its seventh year since launching -...
Mar 17, 20224 min read
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
Vanity metrics have led faith community leaders to chase dollars, attendance, and legacies, only to leave the irreplaceable elements of...
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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How I Built This: Rev. Aisha Ansano and Nourish UU
(Image: Nourish UU, Rev. Emily Conger and Rev. Aisha Ansano) How I Built This features inspiring interviews with Glean Network Alumna,...
Nov 15, 20214 min read
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How I Built This: Rodney Eric López and the G.A.P. - The Generosity and Abundance Process
(Image: The G.A.P., Rodney Eric López) How I Built This features inspiring interviews with Glean Network Alumna, exploring the victories,...
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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Watch: Community Builder and Youth Development Worker, Saadia Ahmed of SHIFT Cohort 04
In our second episode of our web series, "With the Current," we talk with Saadia Ahmed, community builder, youth development worker and...
Aug 26, 20211 min read
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How I Built This: Emilee Williams and The Grace Lab
(Image: The Grace Lab, Emilee Williams) How I Built This features inspiring interviews with Glean Network Alumna, exploring the...
May 4, 20215 min read
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10 Commandments to Transform Your Community
(Image: Glean Network) The COVID-19 pandemic has forced our faith institutions to reimagine how they serve their communities, and has...
May 4, 20213 min read
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How can people and communities of faith lead in a world of explosive change?
On Monday, April 19, 1 pm ET we had a conversation with Changemaker Playbook author Henry F. De Sio, Jr., Forum for Theological...
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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Watch: A New Research Institute Guides Our Understanding of a New Generation
In this debut episode of our new web series, we talk with Dr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of the Springtide Research Institute.
May 19, 20201 min read
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Rev. Que English, Start Cohort 3: Calling on Faith to Fight Human Trafficking
"It was in 2013 at the first conference for the NYC Clergy Roundtable that faith leaders sat in shock, anger, dismay, and disbelief....
May 15, 20202 min read
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Marking a Key Life Moment? Find a Ritual Guide for your DIY Ritual
Our wisdom traditions carry powerful rituals, many of which speak to timeless human needs: processing grief, celebrating birth, or...
Apr 11, 20192 min read
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Rev. Ruth Rinehart Opens Doors to Long-Term Residential Recovery Community
"My name is Levi Hall, and for the past ten years, I have been living the life of a homeless drug addict with a serious alcohol problem....
Mar 12, 20191 min read
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Staff Transitions: Welcoming Cameron Chaleff; Thanking Alan Harlam
We're thrilled to welcome Cameron Chaleff, our Innovation Intern, to the Glean Team! A Junior at Brown University, Cameron is passionate...
Feb 10, 20191 min read
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Glean Alumus Dr. Kursat Ozenc: Reimagining Rituals for Work
We've learned an incredible amount from our teacher Dr. Kursat Ozenc about the power of ritual from our faith and cultural traditions and...
Feb 10, 20191 min read
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Reimagining the skills of clergy: START Participant Rev. W. Taft Harris
Much of the narrative surrounding religion in America is one of scarcity and erosion -- places of worship closing at record rates,...
Feb 9, 20192 min read
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Building a Home for the "Nones": START Participant Drew Rau
Much of the narrative surrounding religion in America is one of scarcity and erosion -- places of worship closing at record rates,...
Feb 9, 20192 min read
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Spotlight: Samra Ali, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
Samra Ali, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation The 2018-2019 START cohort kicked-off in-person in mid-November, convening 24 faith leaders...
Dec 18, 20181 min read
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Spotlight: Ariele Mortkowitz, SVIVAH
Ariele Mortkowitz, Founder of SVIVAH The 2018-2019 START cohort kicked-off in-person in mid-November, convening 24 faith leaders from...
Dec 18, 20181 min read
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Rabbi Elan Babchuck at TEDx Providence
Glean Network's Founding Director, Rabbi Elan Babchuck, took the stage at TEDx Providence this fall, sharing powerful reflections on...
Dec 18, 20181 min read
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START Ventures Prepare to Take Off
Participants in START, our venture development program with Columbia Business School, have been hard at work. We convened the 24 faith...
Dec 6, 20181 min read
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