by Kat Bair | Apr 19, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
This is the second post in a series. Read the first post here. In Silicon Valley, there is this persistent mythic character: the Founder. Someone like Steve Jobs who is seen as brilliant, innovative, visionary, independent. These lone savant, millionaire,...
by Kat Bair | Apr 11, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
I remember a meeting where where clergy I worked with were bemoaning the reality that as soon as our confirmation class was over, half of our confirmands were never seen again. They said, “We need to do something to increase our retention.” They looked at...
by Kat Bair | Apr 2, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” Matthew 25: 28-29 Predictable and unbelievable as ever, the seasons have turned over again and...
by Kat Bair | Mar 25, 2024 | Big Ideas, Blog
If I had to guess, we’ll have a few less readers than usual this week, because all of our friends and coconspirators who are leading churches are pretty busy. Its Holy Week – the week leading up to Easter, and probably the most sacred week of the year in...
by Kat Bair | Mar 22, 2024 | Big Ideas
Church leaders are great at nuance. Anyone who went to seminary, or has spent significant time in the church, has learned how to sit in gray areas, to accept the messy, complex, beautiful truth of God’s work in the world, to point to the Holy Spirit at all times....