We all want meaningful work. Studies have shown meaningfulness to be a critical aspect of work performance, commitment, and satisfaction for employees beyond paycheck and rewards, opportunities for promotion, or working conditions. But, where and how do people find meaning in their work?

Our guest, Case Thorp of The Collaborative, shares his knowledge and expertise today to give us guidance on why and how we should pursue meaning in our work and in our life. He presents several ways The Collaborative helps employees and professionals to merge work, business, and faith in order to find deeper life meaning. He says if we want cultural and social renewal, then, we should become agents of change through conversations in the workplace, across industries, and institutions.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Case shares his personal background.
• What is The Collaborative, its origin, and its mission?
• How does The Collaborative carry out its mission?
• How did Case’s family background influence his career path?
• What unexpected lessons did Case learn along his journey to fulfill his mission?
• How does Case encourage involvement from different participants in the church?
• Case’s contact information
• What failure in Case’s journey has taught him a great lesson?
• Common reasons why people are unresponsive to invitations to attend missional formation programs.
• When is mentoring an effective tool for discipleship?
• Case answers the mentor-minute questions.

Tweetables:

“It's through the well-formed integration of our faith and work that leaders shape institutions best.”

“We, as the church, are missing a good bit of our call if we're not taking those top-level C-suite kinds of folks and discipling them deeply and well.”

“Sometimes you have to convince somebody they're sinful before they can understand the gospel”

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

The Collaborative website

Send Case Thorp an email

Nuance Podcast

The Collaborative on Facebook

The Collaborative on YouTube

The Collaborative on Instagram

The Collaborative on LinkedIn

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About Case Thorp

Case is the Senior Associate Pastor for Evangelism at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando and leads The Collaborative team. Originally from Atlanta, Case has served as a pastor in New Jersey, Texas, California, and Louisiana. He writes, blogs, and presents for the growing faith and work movement while serving as the Made to Flourish Network co-director for Orlando. Case attended Oxford College (AA), Emory University (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv), and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin in Missional Ecclesiology).

Case is married to Jodi, and blessed with three children, Alexandra, Charles, and Brooks. They have enjoyed downtown Orlando as their home since 2005. He enjoys the arts, urban design, politics, cycling, and swimming.