• @wbboyd we’ll have to connect soon over one of those pretty coffees #
• experiencing community growing pains. #

This is one the of the most beautiful and powerful images I’ve seen in a long time. This photo is taken in of the favelas in Brasil, speak to me of redemption and the collaborative endevour that we have as we liberate space for beauty, transformation, peace and justice.

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• slow morning. Wife slept ’till 10AM. Kids and I played zoo. Now on my 3 cup of coffee and back to critical pedagogy reading. #
• @MHMorgan welcome to the twitter world! #
• bbq at the Mustard Seed House with Michael Frost #

Here is a brief summary/reflection by episcopalian practitioner Tim Mathis of a meeting of radical episcopalians that happened this past weekend (Aug. 14-16) in Church of the Apostles in Seattle.

Relatively Faithful: Its all who you know…

This weekend in Seattle there was a gathering of the Emerging Coordinating Team ECG-TEC–a self-appointed, and hopefully soon internationally recognized, network of individuals in the Episcopal Church focused on visioning and supporting emerging ministries in TEC. In attendance were Episcelebrities Phyllis Tickle, Sara Miles, Karen Ward, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Tom and Christine Sine, some important national church types, folks who are doing exciting things on the ground, and for about half the time, me–the interloper/token young dude. You could have watched as well, b/c it was simulcast. Thanks for the invite Karen. Heres what we talked about.

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• exhausted after such a great day full of exchange of ideas and energy. #
• every 500 hundred years the church molt. #
• this is why one of the reasons I’m not pursuing ordination yet. #
• “let’s not do alone what we can do together” #
• this is what I love about episcopalians, there is no taboo, everything is open to discussion #