Six New Things – Week of September 29, 2025

This National Day of Remembrance, remember, repent, repair, and reimagine relationships. ONE September 30 is the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, a day to 'remember Indigenous children who were taken from their families…

SHIFT into the Future

Thanks to Katharine Hayhoe for once again inspiring a Great Idea. Check out her Talking Climate post, NYC Climate Week: The world Leans in, the U.S. Checks Out, and How to SHIFT into Action - which features her experiences at Climate Week…

Holding onto ‘Okay’

This Great Idea stems from Rev. Roger Wolsey's essay, Drinking the Cup We'd Rather Not, reposted by Rev. Michael Piazza in his September 29, 2025, Liberating Word post. I read this post the Monday after spending a day with nearly 300 ISAIAH…

Six New Things – Week of September 22, 2025

Dehumanizing governance; hate-filled, scarcity-based ideologies; planet-threatening systems; the onslaught of AI: our humanity is in peril. Connection to land, communal collaboration, and grounding in spiritual roots of abundance restores our…

The World That Could Be

This Great Idea is entirely Rev. Cameron Trimble's, who shared it in her Governing in Service to Life, Piloting Faith post, September 24, 2025. I cannot commend it enough. This Great Idea is an essential response to Rev. Michael Piazza…

Six New Things – Week of 09.15.25

Safety, belonging, compassion - amidst fear, division, and violence, these are necessity and Gospel-fueled aspirations. Becoming the body of Christ's radical Love is complicated - and our surest hope. ONE What a treasure of voices, stories,…

One Person Makes a Difference

This Great Idea is basically a direct quote of Katharine Hayhoe's latest Talking Climate post (read it in full here), in which she shares three stories of particular individuals whose actions have changed the course of climate care - not always…

Martyrdom & Truth

This Great Idea is mostly a place to pool the important writing coming from trusted thinkers-about-reality and followers of Jesus, writing with wisdom and urgency amidst a dangerous swamp of misdirection. There is a lot of flurry around the…

Six New Things – Week of 09.08.25

Hatred and cruelty are ubiquitous and bring profound, complicated, tragic consequences. Grounding and building up in Love - for individuals and communities - is our balm and healing. ONE Shots rang out again this week. Rev. Cameron Trimble…

Let’s Talk about Political Violence

This Great Idea is entirely Rev. Cameron Trimble's from her Piloting Faith blog. Please read her full post here. Rev. Trimble begins her post with a quote from Isaac Asimov: 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.' I urge you…