A Thanksgiving Prayer

American Thanksgiving is less than a week away and we are all looking forward to what is fondly called Turkey Day.  It is my favourite American custom which I have embraced with great enthusiasm not just because I love good food and good fellowship but because I love the opportunity to think about what I [...]

Spiritual Discipline – Serving At the Pantry

Well yesterday afternoon all my good intentions went out the window.  I had expected to post another of the excellent articles still being submitted for the series on What is a Spiritual Discipline but two things happened to change all that.  First the temperature in Seattle climbed to an all time record of 103 F [...]

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 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)

Is There Justice At Your Table?

This last Saturday Ricci Kilmer conducted a workshop at the Mustard Seed House called Justice At The Table. This was a very challenging and informative time for me.  Ricci started by asking us to share a story about food and spirituality.  It was not a question I had considered before but as I reflected on [...]

Feasting at God’s Communion Table

This morning I have been writing a reflection for our upcoming MSA Seed Sampler.  I have been reflecting on the meaning of communion and thought that I would share some of my reflections with you.  I would love to hear your reflections too.  What does communion mean to you

Several months ago our good friends Melody [...]

Are We Looking Forward to Christmas?

Christmas is less than a week away and we are looking out on a snow covered Seattle with a clear cold day ahead of us.  I am about to go upstairs to Ricci and Eliacin Rosario Kilmer’s apartment for morning prayers.  In the comfort of my warm home I am reminded once again of what [...]

Mustard Seed Alternative Calendar

Mustard Seed Associates has just launched an alternative calendar for 2009.  We don’t have to allow the dictates of the global mall and Hallmark’s subversion of the Christian saints run our lives.
Many of us have come to the realization that our daily religious devotion and creativity have been colonized by the big marketing strategists of [...]

Zucchini Anyone?

About this time of the year here in Seattle people start to look askance any time that you mention zucchini – it seems to proliferate wherever you look.  This year it is a little late but it is still there.  For most people it is a little overwhelming but as far as I am concerned [...]

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 [...]