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God’s Dwelling Place in Our Communities: Holy imagination, Civil Righteousness and co-creating with God – Jonathan Tremaine Thomas

Hello, Cru City. Jonathan Tremaine here. Greetings from my front porch in Ferguson, Missouri. Maybe you’ve heard that name; it gained global acclaim nine years ago when a young Black man named Michael Brown was killed here in these streets, spawning protest and resistance around the country and tipping America into a new age of […]

The Healing Power of Collective Dreaming: Resisting Burnout and Trusting God for Communal Flourishing with Dina Martinez

Hi, my name is Dina Martinez, and I’m thankful to be here with you guys today. Today I get to share a little bit about what collective flourishing could look like and has looked like on my personal journey. I have been on staff now with Cru for 13 years, and I’ve worked with Destino for […]

Paving a New Way for Flourishing: Reimaginig Profit, Denouncing Individualism and seeking Heaven on Earth with Timothy Isaiah Cho

Hello friends. If we haven’t met, my name is Timothy Isaiah Cho, and I am the founder of Mosaic Coffee, a coffee roasting company here in Columbus, Ohio. One of the things that sets Mosaic apart is the fact that we are committed to working exclusively with artists and creatives of color who are local […]

Hope in the Midst of Exile: What is Living Hope for the Doubting, Disrupted and Disconnected? with Rasool Berry

Greetings, Created For. Brooklyn is in the house. I’m so grateful and honored to have been asked to be able to share with you a little bit about how do we restore a sense of presence, both a sense of God’s presence with us and a presence with each other? And man, when I think […]

Carrying Each Other into a Wholehearted Faith: How Orphaned Believers can Normalize Doubt, Reclaim Agency and Heal the Church with Sara Billups

Hi, I’m Sara Billups. I’m a faith and culture writer living in Seattle, Washington, and I’m the author of the book Orphaned Believers, and I’m so happy to have this time with you today. I moved to Seattle 18 years ago after spending my childhood and through my early 20s in Indiana, and I thought, […]

Present for Wholeness: Deep Transformation in an Age of Deconstruction with Drew Hyun

Hi, my name is Drew, and I’m a pastor here in midtown Manhattan. I was once invited to speak on a panel to argue for the merits of the Christian faith. One person was invited to speak about the intellectual components of the Christian faith, whether it was about doctrine or apologetics. I, meanwhile, was […]

Finding Faith in the Wilderness: Sacred Survival and an Embodied Faith that Leads to Flourishing with Kat Armas

Hello, Created For. I’m Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith and the forthcoming Sacred Belonging, and I’m so happy to be with you today, especially to talk to you about being rooted in our cultural and spiritual heritage—although, I’ll be honest, coming to a place of rootedness and who I am has not been an […]

Continuing the Tradition of Creator’s Goodness: The Importance of Remembering the Stories and Practices of our Ancestors with Renee Begay

Hello, my name is Renee Begay. Keshhi ho’ Renee Begay le’shina. Ho K’o:lotda:kwe deyan K’yak’yali:kwe a:wan cha’le. I’m gonna start off with some questions. How have you been holding these last couple of years? And how do you remember what was reflective of the good? Or how do you reimagine a way of life or […]

New Heroes in the Faith – Maria Fearing: an Example of Biblical Conviction Among Religious Hypocrisy with Jasmine Holmes

Hi guys. It’s one of those times where I have so much to say and in so little time, so quick introduction: my name is Jasmine Holmes, and I am a public historian. Most of the history that I share is on Instagram. I was a classroom teacher for nine years, I’ve been a research […]

Your Present Purpose: Four Steps to Unlocking Your Calling with Danielle Coke

Hello, Created For family! I am so excited to be in the room today. Wow, thank you for having me. And I’m so, so excited to share a little bit about my story, and hopefully align with the overarching theme of “Being While Becoming,” focusing specifically on becoming — my process of becoming and how […]