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

Why a rule of life you might ask?

The MSA team has just been on a 2 day retreat. It was wonderful to get away to relax, refresh and to refocus our lives. The main purpose of the retreat was to brainstorm about developing an MSA rule of life. Here are some of our thoughts on where we are at in the [...]

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 [...]

What chores would Jesus Do?

What chores would Jesus do? - Los Angeles Times
Some monastic communities pool their resources and renounce private property. The Billings friends chose to control their own finances, though they shared equally in rent, utility and grocery bills. They all said they wanted to consume less, spend less, so they could give away more. Yet they [...]

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 [...]