by Kat Bair | Jul 19, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
As part of one of Starter Suite video courses, you can hear Carmelle Beaugelin describe a ministry idea of hers as “a penguin.” A penguin? The image is of an idea that should fly but doesn’t. She goes on to explain that we have some ideas for our communities that it...
by Kat Bair | Jul 12, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
Earlier this week, Ministry Incubators had a group of leaders from the Hood Seminary Congregational Faith and Learning Center on a call. We were working through some discussions around revenue streams for their innovative projects when a participant interjected a...
by Kat Bair | Jun 28, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
America’s pastime is one of the least popular sports on national television, and one of the lowest attended major league sports. Why? It’s often just not that fun to watch. The particularities of the statistics and rules of the game mean that often the best...
by Kat Bair | May 31, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
There was a high school teacher who taught his students a call and response in his high school chemistry class. “What do you do when we encounter a problem we don’t know?” He would ask them, “Don’t panic!” They would shout in reply. “Why?”“Because you know more than...
by Kat Bair | May 17, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
During World War II, the until-then introverted and relatively inconsequential United States found itself a warehouse of military production and invention. Engineers and military leaders were trying to build their way out of the war. The advances made during this...
by Kat Bair | Apr 26, 2022 | Big Ideas, Blog
Flotsam is also the stuff of salvation Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Institute for Youth Ministry, is one of the most widely read scholars of practical theology, youth ministry, and church leadership. She is an icon, an expert in her field...
