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Hatchlings
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.
Snake Oil
It's a funny cultural moment for people who call themselves pastors, or ministers, or church leaders. Because while it is, on one hand, a sacred calling, a fulfillment of often decades of work and commitment and deeply held conviction, it's also a bit… out of vogue....
Generalist
For a long time, in the American public school system, everyone took roughly the same classes (maybe at higher or lower levels) up until they graduated high school, and then, they could go to a vocational school or an undergraduate institution and select a major. This...
The Numbers Do Lie
When you hear a headline that says “studies show” or “research suggests” the "proof" its referring to is normally statistical significance. Statistical significance is defined as correlation between two sets of data that has a less than 5% chance of happening...
Unhindered
One of my toddlers insists on coming to church with me. The church my family attends has a nursery that’s open throughout the service, but, increasingly often, one of my toddlers clings to me and says she wants to go to “big church.” I’m lucky enough to be home with...
The Wells
William and Mildred Wells were married scientists, conducting research on the spread of disease in the 1930’s. They were both outsiders to the scientific establishment, particularly of the fledgling field of microbiology. They postulated that germs were floating...
The (Un)Known Universe
In the 1930s, a physicist studying the movement of the galaxies noticed something strange. Things were moving much faster than they should, and more strangely, in places where galaxies should be flinging themselves apart with their speed, they seemed to be held...