by Kat Bair | Jul 24, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
Working in the innovation space, and having a husband in tech, means I hear a lot about optimization. I am surrounded by people intent on maximizing themselves, their environments, their workflows. Even among my personal relationships, a significant percentage of my...
by Kat Bair | Jul 17, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
At the PCUSA’s general conference in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, Dr. Cynthia Rigby was given the Excellence in Theological Education Award for her decades of incredible teaching, most recently at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Dr. Rigby is passionate,...
by Kat Bair | Jul 10, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
I led a youth ministry retreat once with the theme “I Belong.” and we gave out black crewneck sweatshirts with “I Belong.” on the front as merch. I wanted teenagers, while they were getting dressed, to have an option of wearing something that was a declarative...
by Kat Bair | Jul 3, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
One of the most undervalued cognitive skills is curiosity. As we enter adulthood, our desire to perform competency often translates to a muting of all of our natural curiosity in order to make it seem like we are as settled in as those around us. I had a summer...
by Kat Bair | Jun 20, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
We were in a Ministry Incubators staff meeting the other day, and a new teammate was introducing herself. When Mark DeVries asked her why she joined the team, she said, “All my career, people have always said I had too many wild ideas, that I was always trying to do...
