kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín’s blog

Check out the new homegrown plot to transform the world by the Rosario-Kilmer tribe.
My wife (Ricci) just launched a blog in which she will reflect on holistic life and spirituality from the perspective of a practitioner, revolutionary, mother, wife, communitarian and homegrown critical educator.
The Revolution Starts at Home
Making coffee to open our eyes in the [...]

Homegrown Evolution

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Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
 
HT Bob Carlton

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I’ve been following Jordon Cooper’s blog for years. He is one of the pioneer bloggers in the whole genx/pomo/emerging church convesation. Today he mentioned the Mustard Seed House (MSH) as one example of what it might look to have a missional imagination by growing communities instead of planting churches. He also mentioned other sisters communities like [...]

Last Thursday around 20 people crammed in our living room for a conversation about Social Media & Mission. I expected a group mostly of geeky guys (maybe gal or two) but to my delight it ended up been a very diverse gathering, with people as old as 70, about half of the participants were [...]

Join us for a live streaming of the MSA Conversation with Thomas Knoll –
What? | A learning party about Social Media/Tech and Mission with Thomas Knoll
When? | April 23, 2008 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where? | Mustard Seed House, Seattle, WA
To see the streaming and participate of the live chat visit www.msainfo.org on april [...]

While I think the title of this article is a little misleading, Submergents have been conspiring this connection for awhile now, is still a very insighful read.  In a recent conversartion with Brian while he was in Seattle, he showed a lot on enthusiasm and interest for Submergent, of which I am part even though [...]

Via Jesus Manifesto

Submergent relaunches website

Submergent.org recently relaunched (www.submergent.org). The old site was having some technical difficulties.
What is Submergent?
Embracing the Anabaptist impulse, Submergent is exploring new ways of embodying the Gospel in our post-modern, post-colonial, post-Christendom world. We are a network of emerging Anabaptist leaders, churches, and organizations from all over the world [...]

Warning - book reviews are coming to this blog.
Reasons:

All the cool cats are doing it.
As a avid reader I’m always chatting about and recommending books. I’ve been asked many times by friends to start reviewing and recommending books on this blog. Well my friends, I’ll attempt to do that. With patience you’ll read a book [...]

My twin brother Mark Van Steenwyck asked me to be one of the jurors at a writing competition over Jesus Manifesto.The following is the information about the contest.
Stepping into the Wind: A Pentecost-Inspired Writing Competition
We want your words. Jesus Manifesto is inviting you to submit an original article exploring the theme of Pentecost. In particular [...]