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

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 [...]

Apply this to Emergent, Emerging, Missional, New Monastic or any expression of contemporary Christianity

I don’t want to hear about your movement or buzz, if it does not move people to love and to live alternatively. Show me your love and compassion, not your books and blogs.
 “I don’t want to hear your philosophy if it doesn’t grow corn.”  - Anishnaabee saying
 ”Si tu revolución no sabe bailar, no me invites [...]

Interview with Tomas Yaccino from La Red del Camino - Spanish

Thanks to Natanael at Karmatarsis for sharing this video.
Tomas Yaccino is the connector for La Red Del Camino. 
Del Camino Network is a community of local churches who participate as servants in the life of the Kingdom of God in response to Jesus’ radical call to ¨love one another as He has loved us.¨ We are connected [...]

The Missional Imagination: Jordoncooper.com

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 [...]

Jonny Baker reviews The New Conspirators Book

jonnybaker: jesus’ empire of the mustard seed - tom sine is back in classic fashion

Tom (Sine) maps the current new things happening with a mapping of four movements whose edges are blurred and overlap - emerging, mosaic, new monastic, and missional and he is enthusiastic about them all (i agreed with shaine clayborne’s hesitation in [...]

The New Conspirators - Tuesday Book Review

The New Conspirators : Creating the Future one Mustard Seed at a Time by Tom Sine
“In spite the fact that our world is changing at blinding speed and the church is going through some very tough times, God is still at work in ways that aren’t always immediately apparent. For some reason, God seems to [...]

The New Conspirators MP3s

Mp3s Available at Lulu.com
Couldn’t make it to the conference? Bring the conference to you with these recordings of workshop and plenary sessions. Most .mp3 files are available for $3.00, but there are also a couple freebies, as well as recordings from the 2006 conference, The Church Has Left the Building. Visit the MSA storefront to [...]

Blogging from The New Conspirators .2

I just got back home from a night full of energy and new faces. Our first session at The New Conspirators went really well.
The new sanctuary of Bethany Community Church was full. There were a wide range of ages and background. For me the age thing is very important because for a time this reimagining, [...]

The New Conspirators - hot off the press!

The New Conspirators
Book by Tom Sine
“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,” Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew, “nothing will be impossible for you.”
That sounds good, but does it work in a world where seeds are genetically altered by an impatient few and hard to come by for countless others? In [...]

“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 [...]

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