Church Basement Roadshow

On Monday we hosted Doug Pagitt, Mark Scandrette and Tony Jones for a BBQ lunch. They are on tour promoting their books - Soul Graffiti, The New Christians and A Christianity Worth Believing and entertaining audiences with The Church Basement Roadshow
It was fun to catch up with old friends and make new ones. [...]

Eliacin in Sojourners

Eliacin Rosario Cruz who works with us at MSA and lives in the upstairs apartment at the Mustard Seed House with his wife Ricci and children Gabriel and Catie is featured in the current issue of Sojournes
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Ordinary Time is Extraordinary

The season of the church calendar after Pentecost is usually known as ordinary time not because it is dull and boring, but because it does not have a distinct theme such as the birth, death or resurrection of Christ. I prefer the less familiar term Kingdomtide reflecting the fact that this second half of the [...]

The lights are on

Saturday night for Earth Hour we held a community game night during Earth Hour.  Have you ever tried playing Balderdash by candlelight?  It was not always easy to read the cards but we had a great time and are considering shutting off the lights once a month for a similar evening.  We realized that this [...]

Living into the Resurrection

Yesterday we held a wonderful Easter celebration at the Mustard Seed House

Though the Easter season is over for those in the secular world and even for many in the church, for us it is just beginning.  The 40 days of the Easter season stretch until Pentecost.  As I have already mentioned this is the season [...]

Back From Hawaii

Tom & I just got back from Kauai, Hawaii at some unearthly hour last night.  It was a great trip.  We spent a couple of days with the Bethel College Board and then spoke at the Missionary Church conference hosted by the Koloa Missionary Church on Kauai.  In between we managed to sneak in a [...]

They Tried to Outlaw Christmas

You’ve probably heard of the book by Fox News host, John Gibson,”The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought” (Sentinel, October 2005).that reveals to the whole world, a little known secret. There is a vast, left wing conspiracy to eliminate [...]

Advent Synchroblog

I have been asked by Brother Maynard to be a part of an Advent Synchroblog . I am delighted by this opportunity as Advent really is one of my favourite times of year. The idea comes out of Brother Maynard’s book That You Might Believe: Praying Advent with the Gospel of John [...]

Making Movies, Making Shortbread

This has been quite a week with a high learning curve. When I started receiving requests for my Advent video a couple of weeks ago I was suddenly plunged into the legalities & intricacies of media production. Now I know all about sychronization licenses, ftp files & the difference between NTSC & [...]

Thanksgiving is here

Today is Thanksgiving here in the US, and most of us are getting ready to overindulge ourselves.  I did not grow up with Thanksgiving (your right Australians don’t have a time to celebrate what they are grateful for).  This is one holiday that I have embraced with enthusiasm however, not because I eat too much [...]