Obama’s World Bank Nominee Dances Thriller

by Casper ter Kuile | Mar 23, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYdp8xgekU&t=1m50s[/youtube]

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Casper ter Kuile

Casper ter Kuile is the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, a research and design consultancy working to create a culture of belonging and becoming, and is a Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. He’s the author of The Power of Ritual (HarperCollins, 2020), which demonstrates how everyday habits can become soulful practices that create meaning, connection and joy. Casper co-hosts the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text and previously co-founded activist training organisation Campaign Bootcamp and the UK Youth Climate Coalition.
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