Fashion, Future, & Faith

This Great Idea is based on a few recent books, articles, and posts about fashion and Creation Care, along with a solid way to move from discussion to action. Read on! How much did Jesus want us to worry about what we wear? Read: Matthew…

Six New Things – Week of September 23, 2024

In the wake of the Autumnal Equinox, let's embrace transformation of our personal attitudes, our congregational spirit, and our social systems - for the healing of humanity and the planet. ONE September 22-28 is Banned Book Week! Social Justice…

TREES FORGE COMMUNITY

This Great Idea comes from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe. Hayhoe gives a shout-out to Xcel Energy in Minneapolis (!) for converting the Sherco coal-fired power plant with a new 710-megawatt solar farm. Yea!!! Read more on that…

Intergenerational College Care Package Event

Thanks to Heather Blackstone for writing about Sparkhouse Digital's offer of this free downloadable 'event' and inspiring this Great Idea. Blackstone writes, 'For churches that want to support their college students, Sparkhouse Digital is…

Six New Things – Week of September 16, 2024

As we approach the Autumnal Equinox (September 22), the angle of the sun and falling leaves speak to us of looming darkness, change, and death. Yet this is a rich season of abundance, harvest, and the promise of life through the winter. The…

Vote as a Voice for Creation

This Great Idea comes from Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, guest editor of Katharine Hayhoe's Talking Climate blog. By way of introduction, Hayhoe writes, 'A few years ago, Ayana co-edited the best-selling anthology of women’s voices on climate…

Toward Zero Food Waste

This Great Idea is inspired by an article in Luther College's Alumni 'Norse Notes', and several conversations and interactions in church buildings and with church folx over the past several weeks. At an EcoFaith Summit Planning Retreat we…

Six New Things – Week of September 09, 2024

It's debate night - and many are overwhelmed and distressed by unabated and growing levels of contention and volatility. Love is the remedy - and it's in the title or intent of every resource this week. Love! It's what the world needs, now. ONE Encourage…

Public Library Love

This Great Idea is inspired by Yes! Magazine's articles, We're All Responsible for Protecting Public Libraries, by Amanda Jones, and Library Love, by Sonali Kolhatkar. Kolhatkar reminds us that in the wake of Covid 19, public libraries across…

Life-Giving Landscapes

This Great Idea is inspired by Katharine Hayhoe's Talking Climate blog and the Grist article Hayhoe cites, How Greener Schoolyards Benefit Kids - and the Whole Community (by Claire Elise Thompson) both of which reference a new study that 'shows…