Am I addicted

We arrived back from Winnipeg on Friday to find that our wireless router had died while we were gone.  Did I panic?  Of course not but I did go straight to Best Buy to get a new one in spite of the fact that I was still feeling spaced out because of lack of sleep.  [...]

Thin Space: Learning From the Celitc Saints

Our workshop on Celtic Christianity is coming up in a couple of weeks.  If you do not live in the Seattle area but would like to participate on Skype please let me know.

Thin Space Learning from the Celtic Saints: a day long learning/sharing experience hosted by Mustard Seed Associates and the Mustard Seed House.

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Backyard Gardeners

Well, I am back in the garden & have been furiously trying to plant tomatoes before the plants get too root bound or die because of the record May temperatures here in Seattle.  Evidently I am part of a rapidly growing group of urbanites who have discovered that food not only tastes better straight from [...]

Upcoming Celtic Events

I just realized that it is probably time that I updated my event links. We will be holding another Celtic workshop at the Mustard Seed House June 7th and our annual Celtic Prayer retreat (this will be our 17th) on Camano Island August 9-11. In fact we have a busy season coming up [...]

Prayer For the Journey

Well, lift off time is only a couple of hours away and this seemed an appropriate time to share a Celtic journey prayer. Celtic Christians often set off on journeys or perigrinatio sometimes with no specific destination in mind. they believed that every journey was an opportunity to walk with God and for [...]

Earth Hour Prayer

Saturday evening at 8pm is the time that we are asked to turn off our lights for an hour for Earth Hour. We are thinking of hold a games evening by candlelight & firelight. I think that this would also be a good time for some quiet meditation. Here is a great Celtic [...]

Time for Retreat

Tom & I are off on retreat to Anacortes again tomorrow. I really look forward to these times of refreshment and renewal. I thought that this was a good time to share with you another of my favourite Celtic prayers that I use when trying to focus. I thought that you would [...]

Celtic Evening Prayer

I am thinking of putting together a DVD of morning and evening prayers. I enjoy using prayers like this on a regular basis and though I generally read the prayers aloud sometimes I find that watching them on the computer connects me to a sense of God’s presence that I do not experience when [...]

The Spirituality of Rhythm

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 [...]

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 [...]