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Hatchlings is our blog dedicated to inspirational client stories and big ideas in ministry innovation. From astrophysics to farming to the church down the street, we believe that God-breathed, wild ideas can come from anywhere.
Packing for Spain: The Blessings of Plan B
By: Kenda Creasy Dean So here’s how Trey Wince, my pastor, started our church staff meeting today. Anything seem odd, he asked, about these words from Paul, directed to the church at Rome? Now, with no further place for me in these regions, I desire—as I have for so...
There’s a parable about this… do business gurus know that?
Check out Seth Godin's post, "Getting ahead vs. doing good" on his blog. It makes us wonder whether business gurus like Seth know that there is a parable about this very concept. For those of you following the blog, we mentioned Seth Godin as one of the “people who...
People Who Inspire Us #6
Michael Volland: Anglican priest and longtime member of Christian Surfers UK, Volland serves as the director of context-based training at Ridley Hall, Cambridge University. His most recent book is The Minister as an Entrepreneur (SPCK, 2015). Here is where you can...
Meet a Missional Entrepreneur: Rev. Mike Baughman
Rev. Mike Baughman is the founding pastor and Community Curator at Union, a coffee shop/hub of generosity and community in Dallas, TX. If you happened to walk by, you’d see that Union looks and acts like a buzzing coffee shop on the edge of Southern Methodist...
People Who Inspire Us #5
Katherine Leary Alsdorf: Founder and director emeritus of the Center for Faith and Work at New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Katherine is co-author with Tim Keller of Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work (Dutton, 2013). She now works...
The Hatch-a-thon Experience: Rev. Laura Bratton
Guest post by the Rev. Laura Bratton, senior pastor of Laurens Road United Methodist Church in Greenville, South Carolina and Executive Director of Ubi Global. What in the world is a Hatchathon? I asked myself the same question when I learned about the Hatchathon...