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Progress, Shame, and Silencing the Margins - Panel discussion

Via The Other Journal
Progress, Shame, and Silencing the Margins - Panel discussion of the Film Up The Yangtze
Moderator: Dwight Freisen
Panelists: Cal Uamoto, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, Chelle Stearns, Christopher L. Heuertz
The following panel discussion took place at the Film, Faith, and Justice forum in Seattle, Washington on October 23rd, 2008.
Film, Faith, and Justice is a forum exploring [...]

The Darker Nations - Tuesday Book Recommendation

The Third World today faces Europe like a colossal mass whose projects should be to try to resolve the problems to which Europe has not been able to find the answers.
- Frantz Fannon, 1961
I would add to Fannon’s words that in this pivotal point in time, the Third World-The Darker Nations not only faces Europe [...]

Social Media & Mission Conversation

Last Thursday around 20 people crammed in our living room for a conversation about Social Media & Mission. I expected a group mostly of geeky guys (maybe gal or two) but to my delight it ended up been a very diverse gathering, with people as old as 70, about half of the participants were [...]

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 [...]

Friendship trips vs. mission trips

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“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 [...]

Listening to the Emerging World

Instead of playing the wink’em game and doing another book report (oh… you know what I’m talking about), why not pay attention to what the Emerging World has to tell us?
World Social Forum
More news of hope and transformation from the past US Social Forum - This is what happens when people in the USA [...]

You are invited

House Concert with Tracy Howe of the Restoration Village
Host: Mustard Seed Associates
When? Saturday, November 3, 2007 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Where? Shafer-Baillie Mansion 907 14th Ave E Seattle, WA
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Contact: mail@msainfo.org
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Come for a concert at the Shafer Baillie Mansion in Capitol Hill to benefit Mustard Seed Associates [...]

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 - [...]

Affirmations to live by

Mustard Seed Affirmations for a Whole Life Faith
Do you want to join with others in the mustard seed network to encourage the growth of God’s mustard seed all over the world? If so, consider joining MSA friends by creating a discipline of life that enables you, in community with others, to become a whole [...]

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