by Kat Bair | Jul 15, 2026 | Blog, Big Ideas
My children picked out a book at the library in which a monkey, Bobo, and a dog, Pup-Pup, find a coconut and attempt to “hatch” it. Bobo reasons that since it is brown and fuzzy, it must be a bear egg, and after getting advice from some birds, try to hatch it on their...
by Kat Bair | Jul 9, 2026 | Blog, Big Ideas
Earlier this week, I spoke to a close friend of mine, Heather, who serves in jurisdictional youth ministry. She’s leading a youth mission trip this week. Since it’s a jurisdictional trip, the teenagers on the trip are from a diverse swath of congregations and...
by Kat Bair | Jul 1, 2026 | Big Ideas, Blog
A few months ago, I was invited to be on the Ministry Architects Podcast. I’ve gotten to chat with them before, and Renee and I have been on projects together so this wasn’t a huge surprise, but the topic was. They wanted to talk about this blog. In particular, the...
by Kat Bair | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog, Big Ideas
Ahead of the Trinity Test, the first test of a nuclear weapon, there was serious (and not unfounded) concern among scientists that the bomb would ignite the nitrogen in the atmosphere, which would set off a chain reaction that would ignite all of the air on earth....
by Kat Bair | Jun 15, 2026 | Blog, Big Ideas
A lot of words have been said about parent’s love for their children, and the way that love changes them. All of that is true. What I’ve been thinking about this past week is about whether it is our love for them that changes us, or their love for us. When my...
