Social Media and the Church

Bosco Peters made me aware of these videos recently which are very sobering news for all of us who aspire to communicate our message to others and really does make me wonder how effective our social media communications are.  Is it just a way to connect to people or can we really develop meaningful relationships [...]

Smoking to the Glory of God

This evening’s article comes from Jason Clark. Founding Pastor of Vinyard Church in Sutton UK.  He is currently working on a second doctorate (P.hD) at Kings College London.  He blogs at Deep Church
I am not quite sure how Jason had time to write this as his family is struggling with swine flu.

…why do most people [...]

Breath of God breathe on me

The following prayer is one that Tom Brackett the Program Officer for Church Planting and Redevelopment for the Episcopal church shared with us.  We used it recently as the opening prayer for our MSA Board meeting.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
O Breath of God,
You moved on the face of the [...]

Challenged and Provoked

Tom & Eliacin and I are just back from the Native American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies Symposium in Langley BC.  Ostensibly we were there to speak but in reality we had far more to learn than we had to teach.
It was one of the most challenging and eye opening conferences that I have been [...]

A Prayer for Pentecost

Here is a litany adapted from the morning and evening prayers that we use at the Mustard Seed House.  I think that it is an appropriate one to use for Pentecost
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God, the light of your Spirit has fallen upon us, 
The seal of your ownership is on us,
You have placed the Holy Spirit in our hearts.
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What Shapes Your Spirituality?

 
 
 
Last week I wrote a post on New Realities Shaping Spirituality in the 21st Century.  Since then I have been thinking a lot about the forces that shape spirituality for all of us in this global village in which we live.  These thoughts have been spurred on by the fact that Pentecost is only a [...]

A Conversation with Mark Van Steenwyk

Join us at the Mustard Seed House February 27th for an evening of conversation with Missio Dei’s communitarian Mark Van Steenwyk.
For more info, contact Eliacín
When? Friday, February 27 at 7:00 PM
Where? Mustard Seed House , Seattle (click to see map)

Video from Common Root Gathering

Here is a link to the video of the presentation Tom and I did at the Common Root gathering over the weekend.

Crystals vs Christ

Here is a great article interviewing Mark Berry on BBC.
Keep up the good work Mark .  We need more missionaries like this.

More Reading on Community

My intensive reading course on community related topics continues and I am learning a ton.  Not sure yet how I will put it all together but I think that it is the most important topic I have tackled for years.  Over the last 2 weeks I have read 2 books that I think are extremely [...]