by Kat Bair | Aug 20, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
In middle school, I learned the basics of thermodynamics via a little diagram of a steam engine. Arrows (red for hot, or blue for cold) showing water moving from one place to another, and simple equations on the sides, and we were meant to help us grasp basics of...
by Kat Bair | Aug 1, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
Recent archaeological discoveries are beginning to suggest a rather inauspicious beginning for one of humankind’s most crucial innovations: the wheel. According to most recent evidence, the wheel wasn’t invented all at once, but gradually emerged among rural...
by Kat Bair | Jul 25, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
Before I was in ministry, I worked in Northern Thailand working on human trafficking cases. We did everything from undercover investigations to prosecuting cases to helping children reintegrate in schools and providing vocational opportunities for their families. It...
by Kat Bair | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
Matthew Haig’s blockbuster novel, the Midnight Library, opens with this haunting thought: Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how...
by Kat Bair | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
Artistic restoration has always had to strike a balance between preserving a piece in its original form, and allowing signs of the artworks history to give it the appropriate gravitas. We don’t really want our classic artwork in new, shiny frames, we like them to be...
by Kat Bair | Jun 10, 2025 | Blog, Big Ideas
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...
