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Becoming Community | On Community Discernment

I constantly get ask what is Mustard Seed Associates (MSA) and what do we do. I also find myself trying to answer who we are and what do we do as intentional community, re: The Mustard Seed House. The answer to those  question can be as short as “we are a group of people living together trying to [...]

Listen to Tom Sine conversation at Moot, UK

Via Moot Blog
Just in case you missed Tom Sines challenging and topical address to the Moot Community tonight, check out the Moot podcast here, recorded in two sections.
Toms wisdom is a challenge as we contemplate Moots desire to set up an intentional community and activities around social justice, in our eventual home we hope.
To listen [...]

Women in the Third World

MSA Seed Sampler for the month of July is out. This issue is focused on Women in the Third World.
Women in the Third World - Seed Sampler 08
The status of women varies enormously from one part of the world to another, but there are few places in which it is equal to that of men. [...]

Mustard Seed Network

This is just my little video gig to welcome people to the Mustard Seed Associates Online Network.
I took me 57 times to get this. I’m glad I do not make a living in front of the camera.

 
 

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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 [...]

Live Stream: Social Media/Tech & Mission

Join us for a live streaming of the MSA Conversation with Thomas Knoll –
What? | A learning party about Social Media/Tech and Mission with Thomas Knoll
When? | April 23, 2008 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where? | Mustard Seed House, Seattle, WA
To see the streaming and participate of the live chat visit www.msainfo.org on april [...]

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 [...]

Call for Stories!

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Call for Stories!
20-Somethings Living Alternatively
For an upcoming issue of the Seed Sampler, the monthly e-zine of Mustard Seed Associates, we are focusing on “20-Somethings Living Alternatively.” We are looking for stories and examples from college students and young professionals who are [...]

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 [...]

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