What on Earth is a Finger Labyrinth?

Last year for my sixtieth birthday someone gave me a finger labyrinth. I put it in my draw and promptly forgot about it. However, as I started to research various methods of prayer to incorporate in my new book Return to Our Senses: Reimagining How We Pray I pulled it out again. To be honest this [...]

Resources for Pentecost 2012

Sunday May 27th is Pentecost. This is the day when we celebrate:. The coming of the Holy Spirit and the infilling of Jesus’ disciples with the power to go out and change the world The great multi cultural gathering that we catch a glimpse of as we watch the spirit fall and suddenly everyone is [...]

Renewal – Students Caring for Creation.

Today’s post in the series on Christian environmental organizations comes from Renewal – students caring for creation. Tom and I had the privilege of speaking at their Renewal Summit last year. It was a great occasion God’s creation is groaning. We are answering God’s call for renewal. Our Creator took chaos and transformed it into indescribable [...]

Prayers for Creation

Over the years I have written and posted a number of prayers for creation. Here are some of my favourites that I thought you would enjoy Prayers for Creation  For the beauty of the earth we thank you O God, For the abundance of the garden we thank you O Christ, For the flourishing of [...]

Evangelicals Do Care About Creation

This morning I am continuing my series on Christian organizations concerned about creation with a post of the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation which is available through the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN). The EEN  is a ministry dedicated to the care of God’s creation. EEN seeks to equip, inspire, disciple, and mobilize God’s people in [...]

Good Seed Sunday – Celebrate with A Rocha

Today’s post comes from the A Rocha website. We are hoping to partner with them in the future in the conservation of the land where the Mustard Seed Villagewill be built on Camano Island. Beginning in 1983 with an initial project in the Algarve region of Portugal, A Rocha has been helping to change the face [...]

Connecting People Who Care With Causes That Matter

Last Friday Tom and I had the privilege of attending the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation Philanthropist Awards breakfast. It was a very moving experience. I was amazed at the mustard seeds that are already being planted in this community in which the Mustard Seed Village will be established, and felt proud to be a part of [...]

More Resources for Lent 2012 from the Episcopal Church

A couple of days ago I posted this list of resources for the coming Lenten season. Since then I have added an Ash Wednesday prayer and links to previous prayers. Yesterday I received this email from the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia with some great additional resources. Resources, meditations and study guides for experiencing a reflective [...]

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 [...]

Looking for Partners.

Over the last few months many of you have told me how much you appreciate the content on this blog. Its popularity continues to grow as we post reflections, resources and liturgies from around the world. Some of you regularly use prayers and liturgies that are posted here in your church services and study groups. [...]