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

Owning the table - need for new concepts and metaphors

I’ve been fortunate to facilitate and participate in diversity workshops and anti-racism training in which people have been brutally honest. There have been tears, strong words have been exchanged and people have asked for forgiveness and help to overcome their racism.  This kind of openness does not happen easily at these kind of workshops and [...]

diversity is more than sprinkling a bit of black and brown here or there

Mark does it again with this new satire piece at the Jesus Manifesto. While funny, it is true and very sad.  This part in specific touch very close to home -
These young men, though all around the age of 30 and white, are
diverse in other ways. “We value diversity. In fact, we’re
theologically diverse. We’re all [...]

the monastic orders of the white men

As Andrew Jones mentioned on one of his recent posts on his blog, us here in the Mustard Seed House are in conversations about monastic orders and what/how that would look in our urban context here in Seattle and on what will be in the future a Celtic flavored new monastic retreat/intentional rural [...]

missionary language

him - Your english is so good. You see, language is so important it open doors no matter where you are. If people come here and learn our language they’ll have more opportunities.
me - (rolling my eyes) so… where are you going as a missionary?
him - I’m going to Kenya to teach missionary kids.
me - [...]