Six New Things – Week of February 8, 2021

One Yolanda Pierce weaves together an "everyday womanist theology rooted in... scriptures, experiences..., and ... Black women's lives" by "teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory" in her narrative,…

Sharing Stories Time

References to stories, story-telling, and finding a new story are popping up everywhere. Influencers for this Great Idea are sprinkled liberally throughout: Sharing our stories is powerful: stories help us discover who we are as we articulate…

Rest Fest Sabbath

This Great Idea was inspired by Krista Tippett's January 21, 2021, OnBeing interview with Katherine May, author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Penguin). We all need a rest: at-home parents and students and…

Six New Things – February 1, 2021

One It's Black History Month! Rejuvenate essential conversations and inspire acts of healing with C.T. Vivian's Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition (Fortress) a "prophetic... critique and call to action for a society…

Heart Healthy by Sharing Love

Thanks to Vernita Kennen of Incarnation Lutheran, ELCA, Shoreview, MN for sharing this Great Idea, via the St Paul Area Synod Newsletter! Kennen outlines various ways in which the consumerist - and highly food-oriented - nature of highlighted…