Snapshot Inhabit 2012 – Andrew Wade

Inhabit is over. Great fun, great fellowship with friends old and new and much to think about. Here is a snapshot from MSA team member Andrew Wade. A great event to be a part of. Will let you know as soon as we have the dates for next year.

Resurrection Has Come – Are We Really Ready for It?

Some of you may have noticed that I have not been posting much in the last few days. I have been laid low with one of the worst cases of flu I have had for a long time. Definitely ready for a season of resurrection. The fact that Seattle’s weather has been bursting with warmth [...]

Thirsting for justice in a society of growing inequity – by Tom Sine

Today’s post in the series What Are We Hungering and Thirsting For? is written by Tom Sine, author and consultant Tom blogs regularly at msainfo.us. —– I had the wonderful opportunity, from 1977 to 1984 to head a community development project in Haiti for World Concern. We were invited by village leaders in the Pleasant Valley [...]

The writing on the wall

Reblogged from Bethlehem Blogger: If you are a tourist or pilgrim who arrives in Bethlehem via Checkpoint 300, the first thing you will see as you turn into the street is the concrete barrier that slices it in half, severing the neighbourhood from Rachel’s Tomb and the military base that lies adjacent to the holy [...]

Where are We Following Jesus To?

The invitation of the second week of Lent is the call to take up our crosses and follow Jesus. The question is where are we following him to? This week’s Lenten readings remind us of the toughest part of responding to the call of Jesus. In the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “When Jesus calls a [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day – or is it?

Scott Hackman posted this on the Mustard Seed facebook group this morning. I struggle with the emphasis this holiday is given, as I talked about last year in my Valentine’s day post Walk in the Way of Love.  However I am not always good at opening up restorative conversations as a result. Scott says: I am [...]

A Prayer for Martin Luther King Day

The following prayer was written as a responsive prayer for Martin Luther King Day which commemorates Martin Luther King’s birthday. It is a day used to promote equal rights for all Americans, though I like to expand that to consider it as a day to promote equal rights for all people. May we dream of a [...]

A Christmas Prayer for 2011

Alleluia, the waiting is over, Jesus has come, The promised One of Christmas in now present in our midst. May we let the chaos settle and turn from our distractions, May we notice the places that shimmer with his presence.    Alleluia, love comes down at Christmas, Beloved son of God, Saviour of the world [...]

May Salvation and Righteousness Sprout Up Together

My morning’s Advent readings focused on salvation and righteousness. The powerful linking of these to the coming of Christ impacted me profoundly this morning. And more than that the imagery of salvation as the coming of justice, healing and righteousness is something that I know I need to embrace more fully as we approach Christmas. [...]

The Price of Tomatoes: Keeping Slavery Alive in Florida

  I love tomatoes and as those of you who follow this blog regularly know Tom & I are still waiting hopefully for some of our crop to ripen this year and we are not hopeful as the weather in the Pacific NW continues to be cool.  So can imagine I am anticipating we will [...]