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Video - Interview with Mark Van Steenwyk

 
This is an short interview with Mark Van Steenwyk in his recent visit to the Mustard Seed House in Seattle. Mark is the founder of Missio Dei a Christian radical intentional community in Minneapolis and a co-conspirator of The Common Root. He is also the editor of The Jesus Manifesto.
In this short video he share some [...]

Vocabulary for a New World: Organic Intellectual

As theorized by Gramsci, an Organic intellectual, unlike a traditional intellectual, is a bourgeoisie scholar who cultivates strong roots in his/her community, working to maintain links with local issues and struggles that connect to the people and their experiences. While traditional intellectuals imagine themselves as an autonomous group with an historical presence above and separate from political [...]

New Series: Cultivating Intentional Communities

 
This post starts a new series dedicated to the journey of cultivating and living in Intentional Communities (IC). The purpose of this series is to start a conversation as I share some of my experiences as life long practitioner and student of this way of life.  I hope to contribute to a deeper and practical [...]

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 [...]

Vocabulary for a New World - Communalism

In many parts of the world, communalism is a modern term that describes a broad range of social movements and social theories which are in some way centered upon the community. Communalism can take the form of communal living or communal property, among others. Communalism is defined as a theory of a society that is divided into several small, independent communes and the state is just [...]

The Revolution Starts at Home - New 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 [...]

Reclaiming Corn and Culture :: Mexico’s grassroots choose co-ops and fair trade

Reclaiming Corn and Culture :: Mexico’s grassroots choose co-ops and fair trade :: By Wendy Call
Reclaiming Corn and Culture
by Wendy Call
For 14 years, NAFTA has displaced farmers and spurred migration. The answer from Mexico’s grassroots: co-ops and fair trade.
Coffee beans are stacked in front of a mural in the Café Museo Café in San Cristóbal [...]

Interview with Leonardo Boff (Spanish)

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Interview with Tom Sine & Jarrod McKenna, Perth Australia

Interview with Tom Sine and Jarrod McKenna
The New Conspirators | RodneyOlsen.net
From Rodeny Olsen:
Tom Sine joined me on my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM along with Jarrod McKenna from Peace Tree Community. While Tom’s book talks about the many ways that people are re-imagining church, Jarrod is part of a community that is [...]

1 of the 10 Young Christian Leaders to Watch

Coming soon to a magazine rack near you.

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