Well the day is approaching. Yesterday I received my notification in the mail that my citizenship swearing in will occur August 7th. It has been a long process and one with a lot of struggle. After all who wants to become an American when the economy seems to be sinking like a rock and the [...]
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Well the books are stacking up beside my desk and it is obviously time to mention some of my favourite reads for the month.
I have just finished Nancy Ortberg’s Looking for God. A great collection of stories about her life and ministry with some real thought provoking comments. You might like to check out [...]
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Ghanaian artist Mark Nii Hylton will have an art show here in Seattle at the Q cafe beginning July 3rd. It looks very interesting. I hope to attend. Here is some info on Mark and a sneak preview
Mark Nii Hylton combines realism and abstraction and effectively uses a mixture of raw primary colors in an [...]
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Those of you that are in British Colombia might be interested in this photo show. Tom Balke takes beautiful photos and often contributes to the MSA Seed Sampler including the upcoming edition. He has been involved in Mustard Seed Associates for many years and is a frequent speaker at our conferences as well. He is [...]
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We have just posted the main articles for the MSA Seed Sampler which will be distributed tomorrow. Thought that you might find the lead article interesting
“‘The church’s challenge for the 20th century was the equality of women,’ proclaimed the speaker at a conference I attended recently. ‘Now that this battle has been won, [...]
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On Monday we hosted Doug Pagitt, Mark Scandrette and Tony Jones for a BBQ lunch. They are on tour promoting their books - Soul Graffiti, The New Christians and A Christianity Worth Believing and entertaining audiences with The Church Basement Roadshow
It was fun to catch up with old friends and make new ones. [...]
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The Mustard Seed team met again this morning for a session on discernment. We had intended to discuss our spiritual gifts and talents and seek to discern together how we could use these to further the ministry of MSA. However Ricci Kilmer was unable to join us because Gabriel still has a slight fever so [...]
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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) [...]
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Did you know that you can actually get a seminary degree while in prison? Here is a great story from Jim Wallis at Sojourner’s about speaking to inmates at Sing Sing
Last Wednesday evening, June 11, I was blessed and honored to give the commencement address at Sing Sing Prison. The New York Theological Seminary offers [...]
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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 [...]
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