Semiquincentennial Supplemental

Honesty about American history on our semiquincentennial is an essential step on the slow, long road to deep healing, real equity, and true freedom. Let's celebrate that. ONE If you're still debating - and maybe cringing - about observing…

Six New Things – Week of June 22, 2026

Practice liberation! Music... prayer... preaching... The Gospel builds up individuals and community and makes the world a better place. ONE Sing - and preach - liberation! Joe Davis & The Poetic Diaspora - On the Rise Album: 15 Songs…

Clergy Call: Protect Elections

This is far more than a Great Idea. This is an urgent call to all clergy - across denominations, faiths, and geography. America's elections are under serious - and growing - threat. Nearly every day we hear about a new form of election…

Winners and Losers

Thanks to Rev. Marilyn K. Levine and Rebecca Solnit for writing the core of this Great Idea. In her Meditations in an Emergency post of June 21, 2026, Rebecca Solnit shared Winners and Losers: A Hell of a Week in the US of A. It outlines…

Protect Pipestone!

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: PROTECT PIPESTONE FROM THE MAGELLAN/ONEOK PIPELINE Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is currently accepting public comments on a proposed petroleum pipeline threatening the Pipestone Quarry in what we now…

Preparing July 4th Worship

Thanks to Illustrated Ministry founder, Adam, for sharing both the thinking behind the materials and the actual resources to Prepare 4th of July Worship. Adam was part of the Wisconsin Council of Churches webinar on Preparing July 4th Worship:…

Inclusive Youth Ministry: Gut Checklist

Thanks to Deborah Jodrey at Illustrated Ministry for writing up this fantastic planning checklist for building Inclusive Youth Ministry: Planning with Marginalized Youth in Mind (Illustrated Ministry blog; 06.08.26) Deborah writes, 'Now is…

Six New Things – Week of June 1, 2026

Pride and the 4th: Summer is here. Historical honesty, raising kinder kids, and growing spiritually open us to richer celebration. ONE It's Pride Season! And it's not just a day or a week or a month, anymore: it's now until whenever (or at…

Something Huge Just Happened!

This Great Idea is a response to the incredible UN decision to uphold last year's International Court of Justice decision, 'that States have an obligation to protect the environment from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions', underscoring, 'Member…

The AI Encyclical

Thanks to Rev. Cameron Trimble for expressing the need: this isn't so much a Great Idea as a call to create one. On May 15, 2026, Pope Leo XIV signed his AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. The news cycle being what it is, most of us probably…