Butterfly in Brazil

Last week I was sent a book by Glenn Packiam entitled Butterfly in Brazil. The premise of the book is that small changes in the way we act can have major impact in the world and in the lives of others. As he points out most of us don’t believe that small change can make [...]

Keeping Up with Facebook

Well like many of you I have succumbed and become a member of Facebook.  I have enjoyed connecting to groups as divergent as Make Poverty History, and Celtic Christianity and am amazed at how many of my friends of all ages are already a part of this social network.  I have realized that this is [...]

The Rosies’ Prayer

Here is a prayer I was given a few years ago by someone from the Rosies organization in Australia. It seemed an appropriate prayer to consider in relation to the confession that I posted yesterday. O Jesus, Make our hearts so human, That others may feel at home with us, So like yours, That others [...]

Tagged for Confession

I was tagged by Doug a couple of weeks ago for a confession meme. It has taken me this long to get around to it because I did not want to just quickly write something down and forget about it. I really wanted to take this seriously and appreciate Doug suggesting this. I have been [...]

Paying More For Less

Yesterday I visited the Ten Thousand Villages store near us to buy a wedding present.  I was impressed with the rich array of goods available from this wonderful store in which everything is fair traded – from the beautiful plant pots (obviously one of my weaknesses as I am a keen gardener) to the scarves [...]

Geography of Grace

I was just given the information on a new website that has profoundly impacted me. It is called called Geography Of Grace It is a resource for grassroots urban leaders doing “theology from below.” Center for Transforming Mission and Mile High Ministry in Denver have teamed up to create this new resource. Scott Dewey and [...]

Enjoy our 16th annual Celtic retreat with us

I have just returned from Camano Island and MSA’s annual Celtic retreat. This is always a relaxing and renewing time for me. Some of us spend the weekend camping on the land though most of the participants only come to spend Saturday with us. This year we had 25 adults and 5 children View the [...]

Celtic Morning Prayer

Here is a link to a great Celtic morning prayer that was on Beliefnet recently.

The Toxicity of EveryDay Products

I have just been browsing through the latest edition of Alternet and environmental ezine that often has fascinating though at times decidedly anti Christian articles that relate to the environment.  I appreciate its viewpoints because often it gives me insights as to why so many environmentalists are anti Christian. (though that is worthy of another [...]

The Real Message of Jesus

Over the last few days I have been reading a number of books that talk about “the real message of Jesus”.  One book that really challenged me is Danielle Speakman’s Nothing But a Thief.  The author spent time working with street children in Peru with Word Made Flesh and she wrote the book “to give [...]