by Kat Bair | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
We have been in a series on establishing healthier systems to care for ourselves as we head into Fall Kick-off season. The last two posts have focused on rest, but I also want to take a moment and offer a word of grace towards another one of our complex relationships:...
by Kat Bair | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
Last week, we discussed a very simple and profound idea – that the only cure for tiredness is rest. That despite all of our efforts to the contrary, we cannot think, spend, or “hack” our way out of our need for rest, and more of it than often feels conducive to...
by Kat Bair | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
Working in the innovation space, and having a husband in tech, means I hear a lot about optimization. I am surrounded by people intent on maximizing themselves, their environments, their workflows. Even among my personal relationships, a significant percentage of my...
by Kat Bair | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
At the PCUSA’s general conference in Salt Lake City a few weeks ago, Dr. Cynthia Rigby was given the Excellence in Theological Education Award for her decades of incredible teaching, most recently at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Dr. Rigby is passionate,...
by Kat Bair | Jul 10, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
I led a youth ministry retreat once with the theme “I Belong.” and we gave out black crewneck sweatshirts with “I Belong.” on the front as merch. I wanted teenagers, while they were getting dressed, to have an option of wearing something that was a declarative...
by Kat Bair | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog, Big Ideas
One of the most undervalued cognitive skills is curiosity. As we enter adulthood, our desire to perform competency often translates to a muting of all of our natural curiosity in order to make it seem like we are as settled in as those around us. I had a summer...
