By now, you may very well be asking, “What difference do all of these distinctions make?” For the last several decades, I don’t think these distinctions made much of a difference in faith-based institutions. In the past, we built organizations that were spiritually open, relationally healthy, and organizationally strong, and the soul of the institution simply thrived. It wasn’t important to name the distinctions between soul, culture, spirit, and spirituality. It was all part of a functioning whole and the soul quietly did its work. Today, the Church and the institutions that make up the
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