Here is a very powerful satirical video produced by World vision Australia. It not only reminds us of how lucky we are but it also reminds us of how most of our world’s young people live. I find that I need reminders like this to keep me aware of what my priorities are really meant [...]
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This video was produced for our upcoming Seed Sampler on the Missional Church which will be published later this week at Mustard Seed Journey. I thought that you might appreciate a sneak preview. The images are used with permission by Emerging Grace. They are some of the most eloquent definitions of missional terms that [...]
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Today is International Day of Peace and this evening we celebrated a beautiful peace liturgy here at the Mustard Seed House. As we sat in silence for a few moments I was reminded of one of my favourite symbols of peace - the peace rose. nothing speaks to me more strongly of God’s desire for [...]
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I have been intrigued by the interest in my post on knitting and fact that knitting can be a spiritual exercise. Actually this should not surprise me - when I was writing my book GodSpace I read an article that talked about how any rhythmic action - even sweeping the floor - can relax [...]
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The last couple of days we seem to have moved from summer into autumn. The mornings are cool and crisp, the leaves are starting to change colour and the lake is glowing with that special light that only occurs at this time of the year. Now that the weather is a little cooler I am [...]
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We are just starting to get ready for our conference The New Conspirators: What in the World is God Doing? February 28, 29 & March 1 next year. I am really excited by what we already have planned. Shane Claiborne will be with us again & Mark Pierson will be coming from New [...]
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Friday is International Day for Peace so I thought that this video would be an appropriate offering for the week. The chorus for the song was written by a group of Mennonite youth workers at a course we conducted in Winnipeg some years ago. The verses came from the poem I wrote [...]
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Recently I was asked what I do with my time. I was not sure if the person was getting at me because I had been talking about processing apples or if they really wanted to know. However it started me thinking - how do I prioritize my time and how do I find [...]
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Now this is something we should all me concerned about. The gap between the wealthy and the absurdly wealthy is widening. How we can help the merely rich catch up.
In The Know: Are America’s Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich?
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Grist e-zine just highlighted the 15 greenest universities and colleges in the world. Unfortunately none of them are Christian colleges or universities. Obviously we need to do a better job of encouraging teaching institutions that are Christian based to care for their environment too. Actually I do know some that are concerned about this issue. [...]
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