Spiritual Practices Permission Slip

Thanks to LeaderWise's Mary Kay DuChene for sharing this Great Idea! Resilience is a buzzword these days - and developing it has become an essential tool for every spiritual leader - clergy or lay, paid or volunteer. It's essential not just…

Six New Things – Week of February 21, 2022

This week's line-up is all about engaging all ages in healing our understanding of God so we can heal our selves, our relationships, and the world. ONE There's no better place to start with healing for all than with the Sacred Black Feminine:…

Using Art in Worship

Thanks to Rev. Elsa Anders Cook for sharing this Great Idea! Rev. Anders Cook encourages us to explore using visual art in worship in more experiential and evocative ways than the limited reach of banners and bulletin covers. She offers suggestions…

Six New Things – Week of February 14, 2022

Love is in the air - and it's proliferating! We look at love in general, love of diversity, love of earth, parental love, pastoral love, and love of community. ONE This Valentine's don't be confined to just romantic love: celebrate "all forms…

Resurrection Eggs – A Fresh Perspective

Thanks to Trace Smith for sharing this Great Idea! Traci is wise in her treatment of sharing faith with children and gracious in her approaches to sharing faith at home. Many folx know her from her Faithful Families series of books. From…

Antiracism Ash Wednesday Clay Figures

Thanks to William Bouvel and Jennifer Enriquez from Building Faith for sharing this Great Idea! With a bit of clay, some cutting tools and multicultural crayons, you've got the makings of an Ash Wednesday activity that reaches beyond abstract…

Banned Books Build Community

Thanks to Christopher Reeves and Daily Kos for sharing this Great Idea! Admitting to limited carpentry skills, Christopher Reeves has determined that the recent spate of book banning around the country demands he respond by building a Little…

Six New Things – Week of February 7, 2022

In the midst of grief over the police shooting of Amir Locke and the tragic murder of Jahmari Rice, Christ's call to love takes on renewed urgency as we explore the complex histories and emotions of Black fathers and sons; family heritages;…

Covid-19 Memorial Tree

Thanks to Isabel Vander Stoep of the Centralia (WA) Chronicle for amplifying this Great Idea! As of January 27, 2022, Lewis County, Washington had seen 206 people die of Covid-19. Early in the pandemic, after the death toll climbed to…

Safe Spaces

Thanks to Annette Spence of the UMC for writing up this Great Idea! The United Methodist Church across the US has been focusing on Matthew 25 for some time now, endeavoring to put Jesus' call to care for the "other" into concrete and mutually…