by Kat Bair | Dec 11, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
I wonder where we got the expectation that things going well equated to things going smoothly. That a successful event or program meant one that had no hiccups, reschedules, unexpected challenges, or even catastrophic failures. When we are asked how our holiday went,...
by Kat Bair | Nov 30, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
I will admit that I have never been an art gal. In an art museum I rely heavily on the little signs explaining what makes a piece of art “good” or special, or in the case of a lot of contemporary art, what I’m even supposed to be looking for. I don’t scoff at abstract...
by Kat Bair | Nov 16, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
Physicist, Nobel Prize winner, and notably multidisciplinary genius Richard Fenyman credited some of his brilliance to a strange habit of keeping a list of his “12 favorite problems” – 12 open-ended, largely unsolvable problems that just simmered,...
by Kat Bair | Nov 6, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
On Sunday, I had the chance to listen to a local cinematographer, and he said something that’s been rattling around in my head since. It was on how a cinematographer reads a script. For those uninitiated in the film world, like myself, a cinematographer is like...
by Kat Bair | Oct 18, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog
The Shakers were one of the most influential Christian movements in the United States in the nineteenth century. A charismatic sect of the Quakers, the Shakers believed in realizing the Second Coming of Christ through working towards more perfect societies. Shakers...
by Kat Bair | Oct 10, 2023 | Big Ideas, Blog, Client Stories
One of the most fun parts of my work with Ministry Incubators is the opportunity I have to lead an “Innovator’s Cohort” through Hood Theological Seminary, alongside my friend and colleague Kerwin. The cohort is made of church leaders who are all looking to do...
