More Insights from My Parish Collective Friends

It is easy for me to get distracted and I must confess that since the Inhabit conference I have found it even easier. My friends at the Parish Collective keep posting such interesting articles, examples of what creative ordinary people are doing in their communities. It is both inspiring and energizing so I thought I [...]

Place Matters: The Parish Collective on Churches, Places and Spaces by Jason Fowler.

Tom & I are eagerly anticipating the Inhabit Conference next week. So much to look forward to and I thought that you would enjoy this reflection by Jason Fowler over at Sustainable traditions. where it was first posted ——- I recently had the privilege of meeting Paul Sparks of the Parish Collective when he was visiting the East Coast. My [...]

Sniffing Compost Makes You Happy – Literally

I have always believed in the therapeutic value of gardening and have known for a long time that soil bacteria improve our immune system and increase our wellbeing. As I talked about this in a previous post Americans Discover Food.  time spent outside even alleviates the symptoms of attention deficit disorder and just looking at nature speeds [...]

Lord Jesus Christ Draw Close – A New Advent Video for 2011

This year’s Advent video focuses on our need to draw close to our Lord Jesus Christ during the Advent season. The music is “In Toto Corde ~ Lament” from the CD, ANTIPHON by the Coram Deo Ensemble. Below is a low quality preview, which you are free to use. The high quality version is now [...]

Top Ten Mediation Tips from Micha Jazz At Peaceworks.

Tom and I have just returned from a 5 day whirlwind trip to the East Coast working with Mennonites at Laurelville Mennonite Center, Renewal and Creation Care Study Program. I am still a little jetlagged as we arrived home at 1 am so I was delighted to discover a link to this great article on [...]

Practicing the Way of Jesus – by Mark Scandrette #3

This is the third and final post in a series from an interview with Mark Scandrette on his book Practicing the Way of Jesus.  Mark is the founding director of ReIMAGINE, a collective that invites people into integrative spiritual experiments and practices, (with an emphasis on creativity, community building and social action). Each year he hosts a series of projects, retreats and [...]

Martin Luther King Memorial Dedicated

Yesterday was the dedication for the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC. Thousands of people thronged the Mall to attend.  The prayers, songs, speeches and the excitement of the crowd made watching the videos and newscasts from the event is a moving experience.  Knowing that the Martin Luther King Memorial is the first in Washington DC to [...]

Catalysts for God-Inspired Change in a Turbulent World – We Can Make the World A Better Place

The MSA team has just completed two very successful but draining days of planning.  We have talked a lot about Jubilee and our desire to enable followers of Christ to dream new dreams and reimagine how to live and serve God in a changing world with the wonderful shalom future of God in mind.  It [...]

Worshipping in the real World – Reclaiming the Jubilee

The season of the church calendar after Pentecost is known as ordinary time not because it is dull and boring, but because it does not have a distinct theme such as the birth, death or resurrection of Christ.  However the creative use of feasting and fasting throughout this season of the year provides wonderful opportunities [...]

Turbulent Times are Here to Stay – Believe in the Future

In the last few years economic turmoil, natural disasters and an ongoing wave of war, conflict and uncertainty have shattered our confidence in the future.  Many of us laughed at the end times gurus who thought that the world would end on May 21st but if we are honest, deep within us was an uncertainty [...]