Urban Gardening in Seattle

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 [...]

Back From Hawaii

Tom & I just got back from Kauai, Hawaii at some unearthly hour last night.  It was a great trip.  We spent a couple of days with the Bethel College Board and then spoke at the Missionary Church conference hosted by the Koloa Missionary Church on Kauai.  In between we managed to sneak in a [...]

Christmas, Advent & Epiphany - a time to celebrate

Now that Christmas is truly over, the Christmas tree is down and the lights have extinguished I have finally found time to sort my Advent and Christmas photos.  There was lots of time for hospitality and celebration

Check out the rest of the celebrations on the Mustard Seed House blog 

Tall Skinny Kiwi & Monastic Orders

Andrew Jones aka Tall Skinny Kiwi, has just spent stayed overnight with us. It was wonderful to catch up on what he is doing from his base up in the Orkney Islands. As he reported on his blog we fed him almost entirely out of the garden - leek, mushroom and potato soup, [...]

Madonna of the Magnificat

On Sunday Carla Pryne was away and Rev Ralph Carskadden preached a very powerful and compelling sermon about the upside down values of God’s kingdom.  Here is a portion of that sermon I thought you might find interesting.
When gazing at the splendid Madonna of the Magnificat by Botticelli, contemporaries of the artist would have seen [...]

A Good Break

What a weekend. Friday evening Andy & Helen Harrington, good friends from Canada (though originally from England) came through on their way to California. It is always wonderful to have time to catch up with friends and Andy and Helen are special people. Andy Harrington heads up Youth For Christ in Vancouver [...]

Celebrating God’s Peaceable Kingdom

Yesterday we held a kingdom celebration at the Mustard Seed House
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Brigid’s Feast

Over the next few days we will be extending a lot of hospitality to friends. Tomorrow we are cooking BBQ for our small group and July 4th we are holding a kingdom celebration with about 25 people attending. I thought that I would share one of my favourite hospitality prayers with you. [...]

These are some of my favourite things

These last couple of weeks have been busy but satisfying. I really have had a chance to do a lot of my favourite things.
We have entertained friends from Australia & Hong Kong

As you can see Fuzz Kitto from Australia really does live up to his name.
Last weekend we flew to San Diego to work [...]

Listening to the Celtic Saints

Last Saturday we held our first ever workshop Thin Space: Learning from the Celtic Saints. 19 adults, 4 children and 2 dogs gathered at the Mustard Seed House to hear stories and share prayers from this wonderful Christian tradition that was overlooked for so long. We talked about Patrick, Kevin, Brendan, Columba and [...]