A Weekend to Remember and Forget

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) [...]

The World’s Women Need Our Help

I am still working on input for our upcoming ezine on “The World’s Women Need Our Help.  Though conditions have improved remarkably for many women around the world, It is discouraging to see how much still needs to change.  Thought that I might share some of my discouragement - here are some of the statistics [...]

Advert For Those Seriously Interested in Community

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 [...]

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 [...]

After the drought

I am sitting in Sydney at my brother’s place with the rain falling outside.  Tom & I have just returned from a wonderful week in Melbourne where we  were able to catch up on old friends and make some new ones as well.
I loved the Forge festival with Andrew Jones (Tall Skinny Kiwi), Sally Morgenthaler, [...]

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 [...]

The Challenge of Witness

As we move into Epiphany I continue to grapple with what it means to bear witness to Christ.  I was challenged this by my friend Eliacin Rosario Cruz’s post on what he and his wife are planning to share at the conference The New Conspirators.  The revolution does begin at home and in our communities [...]

The Right to Become Children of God

He came to his own people, but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten (From John 1: 11- 13 The Message)
The Spirit of God, the Master, is on me [...]

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 & [...]

Going to the Ballet

On Saturday evening I had a chance to go to the ballet.  It was a wonderful experience first because it gave me some very special time with my friend Linda but also because I have always loved the ballet but have had few chances to attend in the last 20 years.  In fact I think [...]