about Eliacín Rosario-Cruz
Born in Puerto Rico moved to the Pacific Northwest/ husband and father/ rabble rouser/ organizer/ communitarian/ cultivator/ provocatuer/ grassroot practitioner/community cultivator/ unschooled practical educator/ organic intellectual
Eliacín and his family (in picture) are part of The Mustard Seed House - a neo-monastic/intentional community in Seattle - where they eat, play, work, garden, pray and conspire for a new reality. Eliacín and Ricci (wife) enjoy and facilitate conversations about alternative living, autonomous movements, spiritual formation, home-education, intentional community, new monasticism, homegrown revolution and subversive Christianity. Eliacín serves as Community Catalyst and Cultivator with Mustard Seed Associates. MSA (Mustard Seed Associates) is a community of Jesus’ followers all over the world striving to create the future one mustard seed at a time. MSA provides resources and a network for committed followers of Jesus to anticipate the future, decode the culture, convey the Kingdom of God and create new ways of being a difference and make a difference.
Eliacín was featured in the June 2008 issue of Sojourners Magazine as one the the top 10 Next-Gen leaders to watch. Read the article.
Eliacín is a conspirators at Submergent, a network of leaders who, informed by an Anabaptist vision, are living into the Kingdom of God in a postmodern, post-colonial, post-Christian world. He is also a member of the Emerging Coordinating Group for The Episcopal Church as well a participant in Anglimergent, a relational network of Anglicans engaging emerging church and mission. Other involvements and connections include, Hispanic ministry, circles of conversation about intentional community, multiculturalism, global justice, autonomous movements, New Monasticism, spiritual listening, emerging church, Anti-Racism and racial reconciliation.
Contact Eliacín if you are interested in exploring ways to connect, having him be part of your event, collaborate or simply to invite him out for coffee.
Disclaimer: The posts in this blog do not represent the opinion and/or endorsement of my place of work, relatives, friends or communities. It is strictly personal, it should be always read as what is in Eliacin’s mind.