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 February 19, 2008 by Christine Sine
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 [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2008 by Christine Sine
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
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Posted on October 15, 2007 by Christine Sine
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, [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2007 by Christine Sine
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 [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2007 by Christine Sine
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 [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2007 by Christine Sine
Yesterday we held a kingdom celebration at the Mustard Seed House
Read more here
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Posted on July 1, 2007 by Christine Sine
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. [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2007 by Christine Sine
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 [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2007 by Christine Sine
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 [...]
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