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

Living Simply with Kids

This comes from the latest MSA Seed Sampler ezine.
Living Simply with Kids

In certain Christian circles, simplicity is deemed a high virtue of a faithful life. I did an interview with a group of ultra-cool college students who live so simply, they get their food from dumpsters. That’s all very well for single college students. What [...]

Mark your calendar: Living Simply with Kids Workshop

 

The Revolution Starts at Home: Living Simply with Kids
This will the the first in a series of workshops and conversations related to homegrown revolution, alternative living, sustainability, cultural awareness, social justice and other holy mischievous act of resistance and creativity.
For those of us trying to live an intentional Christian life kids can be both and [...]

Calling 911 for Gabrielito

Gabrielito is my 18 month old son. He was born on Christmas Day 2006. He was born with a respiratory problem and had to be resucitated at the moment of birth and was taken by ambulance to the NICU at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. An unforgetful moment.
Last night we had another tense parent episode. He [...]

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 [...]

The Revolution starts at home

 
The Revolution starts at home is the title for the workshop my family will be facilitating at The New Conspirators conference, or better yet Festival of the Imagination. Our purpose will be to share a bit of how do we embodied the revolutionary and radical teachings of Jesus in our everyday life at home.  More than been [...]

Christmas gift recommendation # 1

My Mother Wears Combat Boots: A Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us :: AK Press

ITEM OVERVIEW
Jessica Mills is a touring musician, artist, activist, writer, teacher, and mother of two. Disappointed by run-of-the-mill parenting books that didn’t speak to her experience, she set out to write a book tackling the issues faced by a [...]