Is There Life After College?

I thought that some of you might be interested in these offerings from our time at Eastern Mennonite University.
The first is an article that appeared in the Mennonite Weekly Review – Hard Times Offer Chance to Help More
The second is a podcast of our address at EMU – New Possibilities for Life After EMU

Coming Challenges in the Global Economy

I realize that most of you do not live in the Seattle area but for those that do I would like to extend an invitation to join us for the first of MSA’s new Turbulent Times–Ready or Not! Conversation Series.  We are planning to record the event so those of you who are not able [...]

Rhythms of Grace Workshop in Adelaide

One of the things that I am really looking forward to while Tom & I are in Australia is the opportunity to conduct a Rhythms of Grace workshop at Tabor College in Adelaide.
Retreat Theme
Jesus said: Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay [...]

Too Busy to Pray

Well the pace of life is ratcheting up as we get ready for our trip to Australia in 12 days as well as my trip to LA tomorrow for the West Coast Healthcare Missions Conference.  So many details and at the moment we do not have an assistant to help us.  And that all reminded [...]

The Spirituality of Creating

This morning there is much to share – lots of creative juices flowing which is very much in keeping with the theme of today’s spiritual practice.
First I am in busy preparation mode for upcoming events which you might like to check out.
I will be speaking at the West Coast Healthcare Missions and Ministry Conference in [...]

Tentative Schedule for Australia October 2009

Tom and will be speaking in Australia throughout the month of October. Here is a tentative list of their gigs, but all dates are subject to change. It’s a work in progress.  If you are interested in hosting an event there are still openings
October
1 | Arrive in Sydney
2-4 | Black Stump Festival (Sydney, NSW)
5-9 | Worldview Center for [...]

Celtic Retreat is Coming

Each year in August Mustard Seed Associates hosts a prayer retreat on Camano Island on some land that hopefully in the next few years will become a monastic village, a community in which people can learn more about sustainable faith and sustainable living.  The retreat draws on ancient Celtic prayers as well as ones which [...]

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 [...]

The Spirituality of Gardening Seminar is Over

Saturday we held the second Spirituality of Gardening seminar at the Mustard Seed House.  Twenty five participants gathered in our living room to share gardening knowledge and reflect on the spiritual lessons we had all learned from our interactions with the garden.  Dave Timmer shared a little of the far more ambitious endeavours that he [...]

Pentecost is Coming

May 31st is Pentecost Sunday but for a number of reasons I have been thinking a lot about Pentecost this last week
First because Saturday is Pentecost Seattle, a gathering of leaders from  Mainline, Evangelical, Emergent, Catholic groups co creating an event around the theme of what Faith and Justice looks like in Seattle.  We are [...]