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Donna Schaper

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Donna teaches leadership at Hartford Seminary, writes as the Dolly Mama, is a chaplain for Silver Linings and works with Bricks and Mortals.
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Column: After decades of crisscrossing the country with us, our butcher block was ready for its next home

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By Donna Schaper
| Connecticut Magazine Verified
Our butcher block weathered four decades, almost a dozen moves ... and the elements of nature, in the hope that someone else would find it and take it to a new home. Courtesy of Donna Schaper When we married, I had three pieces of furniture and he had one. He had found his in front of the State Street Fruit Market in New Haven and bribed some friends to help him carry it up to his apartment on Bishop Street. That was 43 years ago. It weighs about 300 pounds.
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What Insecurity Can Teach Us on the Anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

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By Donna Schaper
| Good Faith Media
On September 17, 2011, a bright gold papier- mâché calf in the shape of the Bull of Wall Street, also known as the Charging Bull, was marched down Wall Street towards Zuccotti Park, disrupting brunches. People dropped their glasses of bloody Mary to join the parade. “Isn’t that the golden calf, you know, from the Bible?” an onlooker asked.
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Religious Endowments: Five Ways to Move Beyond Stagnancy

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By Donna Schaper
| Good Faith Media
Stagnant money yields stagnant congregations. Spending money is mission consistent. Saving money for a rainy day is not a good idea, especially since it is already pouring for many religious congregations. When I accepted the call to go to the Miami-based Coral Gables Congregational Church in the late 1990s, its endowment was $13 million. Three months before I relocated to the area, the United Parcel Service, the source of their newfound wealth, went public.
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