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The Breviary

Knowing personally how hard is for those involve in creative ministry to raise support and be able to pay the bills I am very grateful for Mark’s generosity in giving me a copy of the Missio Dei Breviary.
This prayer book is one of the ways in which Missio Dei support themselves to provide hospitality and [...]

Monks, Community & Rule of Life

 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 [...]

“Greenbelt” like Festival Survey

Some of you are aware of the fantastic Greenbelt Festival in the UK. For the past months I’ve been part of the planning for something similar here in North America. A group of us have put together a survey in a way to listen to wider range of important diverse voices as we continue with [...]

Remonking the Church

Remonking the Church
Circa 1988
Defining remonasticization
The remonasticization we would support would not be as tightly defined as traditional monasticism. It would not, for example, mean the stereotypical cluster of people retiring to desert solitude. Rather, it would look to the biblical antecedents for a select group of holy persons set apart to call all [...]

Meet Mark

I met Mark at a recent gathering in West Virginia. Mark is the pastor of Missio Dei a new monastic community in Minneapolis. We had very good conversations about new monasticism, emergent village, the emerging church, alternative creativity and the need for the church to create new models of life and to be enclave [...]

news flash - MSA Conference 2008

+ The Conspiracy Lives! +

What on earth is God doing?

Mustard Seed Associates Conference
February 28, 29 & March 1, 2008
 
Stay tuned for more info.
 
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rule of life

as an international associate of the Northumbria Community, I try to live by this rule.
Summary of the Rule of the Northumbria Community -
A Way for Living
This is the Rule we embrace. This is the Rule we will keep: we say YES to AVAILABILITY; we say YES to VULNERABILITY.
We are called to be AVAILABLE to [...]

Thin Space: Learning From the Celtic Saints

Thin Space:

Learning from the Celtic Saints
When? June 9, 2007; 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Where? The Mustard Seed House
510 NE 81st St Seattle, WA 98115
Click here for more information and registration
Celtic Christianity has gained tremendous popularity over the last few years. People of many traditions are intrigued by the Celtic [...]

Group Blog - Listeningpoint

Listeningpoint
The name of this blog is taken from a book of the same name by Sigurd Olson (see bottom of the post).  The “listening point” for Olson was a secluded piece of wilderness shore on a remote lake in northern Minnesota where Olsen used to go, as he put it,  “to think the long thoughts”.  [...]

threshold

Baptism is a threshold experience. It’s about moving through a doorway from one room to another, from one space to another, from one community to another. The baptismal service is the moment you stand on the threshold. But you don’t stay there. Before baptism, people belong to the community of their family and are beloved [...]

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