Friend-to-Friend Letters

This Great Idea was created by 'a group of parents supporting impacted families in our Minneapolis public schools' and was shared by Rev. Kristin Foster from rural MN - a Great Idea for non-targeted kids and communities looking for ways to support…

Community Care Sessions

This Great Idea comes from Dr. Kelly Sherman Conroy at All Nations Indian Church UCC in Minneapolis. Dr. Kelly holds a weekly drop-in space where community members can gather around hot beverages and snacks, crafting tables ready for creative…

We Move Now Before It’s Too Late

Thanks to Leona Waller for this concise action plan. Waller writes begins her post with these words: 'Watching our government slide towards fascism... [has ] been consistently concerning, but also not quite concerning enough. It's registered…

Stories to Build Courage

Thanks to Daneen Akers, Watchfire Media, and everyone behind Holy Troublemakers & Unconventional Saints for sharing this Great Idea. They write, 'In honor of the Season of Nonviolence [which begins today (January 30) and runs through…

Intergenerational Worship – A Primer

Thanks to Sarah Bentley Allred from Building Faith for sharing this Great Idea - and full-blown resource - in her November 05, 2025, article: Hallmarks of Intergenerational Worship: Dignified Reciprocity. Allred identifies 'five characteristics…
Thanks to MNIPL for sharing this Great Idea - which is full of Good News and hope!! In their December 02, 2025 newsletter, MNIPL's Sam Blackwell cites MNIPL Strategic Policy Director Sara Wolff who wrote in this blog post: 'If you were…

Green Gifting

Thanks to Katharine Hayhoe for sharing this shopping list of Great Ideas in her Talking Climate post. Read the full post here. Katharine invites us to, 'Shop smarter, cut holiday waste, and give back' throughout the post. As so many…

Tech & Teens: Hidden Dangers; Community Interventions

This Great Idea is born from the synergy of two blog posts read on the same day. The first is Paul Krugman's America Has Become a Digital Narco-State: Social Media Giants Have Bought Our Government, and Are Trying to Bully Europe (Paul Krugman,…

Baboons & Building a Better Tomorrow

This Great Idea is a response to Rebecca Solnit's Meditations in an Emergency, Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins) from November 25, 2025. Solnit writes, 'Everything changed in the last few weeks.' She then lists political…

BE A LIGHT IN THE STORM!

JOIN ISAIAH'S PALM SUNDAY PATH AND BECOME A LIGHT IN THE STORM JOIN ISAIAH FOR THEIR AGENDA LAUNCH & ANTI-AUTHORITARIANISM STRATEGY TRAINING Thousands of ISAIAH and Faith in Minnesota leaders from across the Tate will come together to…