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Free MP3 Conversation about Intentional Communities and Christian Radicalism with Mark Van Steenwyk

As part of our Cultivating Intentional Communities gatherings, on Feb. 27.09 we crammed 29 people in the middle level of the Mustard Seed House in Seattle for a conversation about Intentional Communities and Christian Radicalism with Mark Van Steenwyk.
Mark Van Steenwyk is a member of Missio Dei (an Anabaptist intentional community anchored on the West [...]

Feb. 27 Conversation with Mark Van Steenwyk in Seattle

 

Join us at the Mustard Seed House for an evening of conversation with Missio Dei’s communitarian Mark Van Steenwyk and follow Mustard Seed House people.
Mark Van Steenwyk is a member of Missio Dei (an Anabaptist intentional community anchored on the West Bank of Minneapolis that pursues Jesus’ way of simplicity, prayer, hospitality, and peace). Missio [...]

The Common Root 09: creating our future in the shadow of Empire

The Common Root 09 is three weeks away. There is still plenty of room for registrations. This is a labor of love: we’ve worked hard to get great speakers and workshop leaders to come help us to pursue the shalom of Christ in the shadow of empire. We’ve kept costs as low as possible so that individuals and [...]

Dear church: “get yo’ monk on with your Anabaptist self”

This comes from my anabaptist monk friend from down under, Jarrod McKenna.
It’s being called “New Monasticism”, “The Anabaptist Conspirators”, “The Emerging Peace Church Movement”, “The Anabaptist Impulse”, “Submergent” and “The Common Root”. What is it? Well some like Tom Sine are suggesting it’s not just a faddish recovery of things lying dormant in the evangelical [...]

The Common Root launched!

Via Jesus Manifesto

Last week, thecommonroot.org was launched. The Common Root is a network for communities committed to Jesus’ radical way of shalom. This network used to be called “Submergent,” but we changed the name for a couple reasons. First, folks kept assuming that we were a sub-group of Emergent for Anabaptists. Secondly, the name didn’t [...]

Benedictine Community and Anabaptist Ecclesiology

Anabaptism is unique among all ecclesial frames for reference derived from the Reformation in many ways, one of which involves its Catholic roots and specifically Benedictine roots. Unlike Luther the Augustinian, Calvin the lawyer, or Zwingli the Christian humanist, the Anabaptist tradition arose largely in the soil of the Benedictine tradition. This is seen most [...]

RedOracle: Postmodern hospitality

My friend Jess have a very insighful and challenging post about what hospitality means. She does it in the context for the Mennonite Church, but it is certainly a concept we should all explore and live.
RedOracle: Postmodern hospitality
This leads me to think about hospitality…how are we, as individual followers of Christ and together as a [...]

Notes from Submergent Next Steps Gathering

Warning - Very long post ahead
After months of planning and many online conversations, 10 rabble rousers got together this past weekend in Philadelphia to dream, dialogue and conspire about the next steps Submergent should take. Many others were invited, but couldn’t make it to the gathering - so no, it was not a secret meeting [...]

Heading to Philly for Submergent Next Steps Gathering

I’m all set for my trip tomorrow morning to Philadelphia for the Submergent Next Step Gathering. Among the things I am looking for, is to have a real Philly Cheesesteak sandwich with Mark Van Steenwyk and also finally hanging out in person with Jason Evans.
I’ll be posting some updates from the gathering
Submergent
Embracing the Anabaptist impulse, [...]

Everything Must Change + Submergent: Recap

Back in Seattle.
I had a really terrific time conspirint with fellow friends of Submergent in Indiana. We make good connections with established and emerging anabaptists as well as some anabaptist influenced folks. I was glad to connect not only with practitioners, but also with academics and theologians in the Anabaptist and Christian radical tradition. 
I might not be [...]

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