Six New Things – Week of June 23, 2025

Amidst contentious divisions, it's time for humorous humility, creation interaction, and bonding through healthy practices and pride. ONE When arguing is considered an art form - and drowns out all actual communication - The Arguers (Rocky…

Prayer & Popsicles

Thanks to Traci Smith for sharing this Great Idea in her Treasure Box Tuesday (on a Thursday!) post: Traci writes: 'Prayer and Popsicles — Sometimes, all you need is a little hook to get people together. Doesn’t have to be fancy. A…

Mobilizing & Relationality as Spiritual Practice

Thanks to the Presbytery of Minnesota Valleys for including this Call to Action in their weekly newsletter, The Valley Bridge; and to Rev. Cameron Trimble for sharing her observations in her Piloting Faith (Almost Daily Meditations. Both…

Six New Things – Week of June 16, 2025

This is late ...and 'lite'. We're all tired. You are not alone in feeling weary. So: short reads, easy-to-digest supports, and resilience builders. In the midst of grief and deep communal loss, savor relationships, friends. ONE In When We…

Savoring as Resilience Practice

Thanks to Michelle Trotter-Mathison for sharing this Great Idea in her LeaderWise post, Savoring as a Resilience Practice. Trotter-Mathison writes, 'I have run this route hundreds of times and never paused to appreciate the beauty of the…

Sound Experiment

Thanks to Sarah Bentley Allred for reproducing her Roots & Wings Community post in Building Faith's June 10, 2025 post: Intergenerational Worship: The Sound Factor. Bentley Allred writes, 'While I have heard people comment on 'how distracting'…

Six New Things – Week of June 09, 2025

We shape community: with stories, theologies, histories, acts. Let's embrace the church's power to shape communities and cultures grounded in Divine Love, grace, compassion, and basic human decency. ONE This month we celebrate Pride and remember…

Donkey Day

Thanks to Faithful America for inspiring this Great Idea! Faithful America writes, 'On Flag Day, Donald Trump plans to put tanks in the streets of Washington, D.C. -- in a made-for-TV display of dominance -- for his birthday. It's a…

Future-You Jump-Start

Thanks to Traci Smith for sharing this Great Idea in her weekly Treasure Box Tuesday Free post. After introducing her Fall Forward planning time webinar, Traci writes, 'Speaking of Getting Ahead of Things: I watched an INSTAGRAM REEL from…

Talk about It #2!

Thanks to evangelical Christian and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe for sharing this Great Idea - again - in another of her blog posts on Talking Climate. [Read her 04.12.25 post here; her 06.07.25 post is here.] The more recent post…