July 4th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Prayer, Spirituality, Uncategorized, celtic, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality
17th Annual MSA Celtic Prayer Retreat 2008
When: Saturday August 9, 2008 (some of us camp from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 8-10)
Where: Camano Island, WA (map)
There are times when we need space. . . space to breath, hear and respond, space for transformation and renewed clarity in our lives. Join us for all or part [...]
May 19th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Uncategorized, alternative, celtic christianity, christianity, mustard seed house, new monasticism
My Friend Jason from our sister community the Radical Living Community (In NYC) sent me their new newsletter - Agape Times.
In this issue we…
Stop by the local food co-op
Visit the Bruderhof in Harlem
Hear from Eliacin of the Mustard Seed House in Seattle
Share images of hope from Kenya
Explore the relationship between guerilla theater and the prophetic [...]
May 15th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Emerging, Spirituality, alternative, celtic, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, christianity, creation, creativity, events, mustard seed associates, mustard seed house
Thin Space Learning from the Celtic Saints: a day long learning/sharing experience hosted by Mustard Seed Associates and the Mustard Seed House.
When? June 7
Where? Mustard Seed House, Seattle WA
Register online
The rediscovery of Celtic Christianity has been a delightful revelation for many followers of Christ in recent years. Many Christians are intrigued by this rich tradition and [...]
May 13th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Uncategorized, alternative, blogger, blogs, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, church, missional, missional church, mustard seed house
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 [...]
April 29th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in alternative, anabaptism, anabaptist, celtic, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, neo-anabaptism
Celts and Anabaptists: Wisdom from the Margins for Tomorrow’s Church? | The Anabaptist Network
Among the fascinating things that are going on today are the reemergence from the margins of Christendom of the Celtic and the Anabaptist Christian traditions. There are many differences between these traditions. The Celtic tradition is very old; it emerged in the [...]
March 12th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, MSA, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, christianity, creativity, kingdom, monasticism, monastics orders, mustard seed associates, mustard seed house, new monasticism, rule of life
The MSA team has just been on a 2 day retreat. It was wonderful to get away to relax, refresh and to refocus our lives. The main purpose of the retreat was to brainstorm about developing an MSA rule of life. Here are some of our thoughts on where we are at in the [...]
February 5th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Christine Sine, Community, Contemplative, Emerging World, Family, MSA, Spirituality, alternative, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, christianity, creation, creativity, diversity, eco, education, emerging church, environment, horizontalism, hospitality, incarnational, kingdom, liberation, missional monastic orders, monasticism, monastics orders, mustard seed associates, mustard seed house, new monasticism, reconciliation, relationships, slowdown, solidarity
Read more about our dreams and vision for Mustard Seed Associates, the Mustard Seed House and the Celtic Community Project -
Monks, Community & Rule of Life « Godspace
Yesterday the Boston Globe printed a great article The Unexpected Monks, on the move towards monasticism by many evangelicals. It is something that resonates very deeply with [...]
September 1st, 2007 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Family, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, christianity, creation, environment, friends, fun, gardening, hospitality, incarnational, monasticism, mustard seed house, neighborhood, new monasticism
Another Garden Day « The Mustard Seed House (MSH)
Today was garden day at the Mustard Seed House - a great opportunity to enjoy each others’ company, harvest the blessing of God’s bounty as well as to start to get ready for Fall (yes it is the beginning of September). We started with a delicious breakfast [...]
August 22nd, 2007 | by Eliacin | published in Community, MSA, Prayer, Spirituality, celtic, celtic christianity, celtic spirituality, mustard seed associates
Photos from the Celtic Prayer Retreat
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June 23rd, 2007 | by Eliacin | published in Prayer, Spirituality, celtic, celtic christianity
In the many details of this day
let me be fully alive.
In the handling of food
and the sharing of drink,
in the preparing of work
and the uttering of words,
in the meeting of friends
and the interminglings of relationships
let me be alive to each instant, O God,
let me be fully alive.
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