Posted on July 10, 2008 by Christine Sine
Tom & I are still in Winnipeg enjoying our time at the Mennonite People’s Summit. Tuesday we had the opportunity to have lunch with Jamie Arpin-Ricci. We first met Jamie at a conference at Three Hills in Alberta several years ago and he and I have reconnected recently through facebook. I love opportunities like this [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2008 by Christine Sine
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. [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Christine Sine
Well the weekend is over and it is one that I both enjoyed and hope I never have to repeat. Saturday morning we headed up to Camano Island to start preparations for our Celtic Prayer Retreat August 9th. Going up to the land, walking the prayer trails (now a little overgrown but still recognizable) [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2008 by Christine Sine
Did you know that you can actually get a seminary degree while in prison? Here is a great story from Jim Wallis at Sojourner’s about speaking to inmates at Sing Sing
Last Wednesday evening, June 11, I was blessed and honored to give the commencement address at Sing Sing Prison. The New York Theological Seminary offers [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2008 by Christine Sine
We held our first discernment meeting Tuesday with our MSA team. It was an exciting time which we felt drew us both closer to each other and also closer to God. We were particularly encouraged by the fact that this process gave everyone in the MSA team a sense of ownership and drew [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Christine Sine
This morning we are conducting a discernment process to help us listen to God and discern what we, both as individuals and as the MSA team, are meant to be doing. In preparation for this session I have been reading 2 books that I would highly recommend. One is Basil Pennington’s classic Centering Prayer: Renewing [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by Christine Sine
Peter and Anneke Geel will be leaving the Mustard Seed House in August. Peter has been accepted into the doctoral program at Georgetown University and for some reason they aren’t very keen on commuting to Washington DC each week. We are looking for a couple who are interested in joining our small community here in [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2008 by Christine Sine
Suddenly being an urban gardener is very much in vogue here in Seattle. Not only are people realizing that it can help save money (we probably saved about $2000 because of home grown produce last year) but they are also realizing that it tastes better and it is probably better for us. Here are a [...]
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Posted on May 28, 2008 by Christine Sine
You might have noticed that the entries on my blog are rather few and far between at the moment. Part of the reason for that is that MSA is in the midst of reinventing who we are as an organization. We are moving from being a project oriented to a community oriented organization. We have [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by Christine Sine
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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