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Resurrection | Easter

The world has already been turned upside down; that’s what Easter is all about. It isn’t a matter of waiting until God eventually does something at the end of time. God has brought his future, his putting-his-world into rights future, into the presence of Jesus of Nazareth and he wants that future to be implicated [...]

The unexpected monks

The unexpected monks - The Boston Globe
New Monasticism is part of a broader movement stirring at the margins of American evangelicalism: Evangelicals disillusioned with a church they view as captive to consumerism, sectarian theological debates, and social conservatism. Calling themselves the “emerging church” or “post-evangelicals,” these Christians represent only a small proportion of the approximate [...]

Making It Real, Sojourners Magazine/January 2008

Making It Real, Sojourners Magazine/January 2008
by Tom Sine

If we are serious about finding a way to embody more authentically the aspirations and values of our faith instead of those of the culture, we need to start where many of these new conspirators do.  We need to rediscover the kingdom of God as not only [...]

The New Conspirators - a more complete profile

The New Conspirators…What in the World is God Doing?
What in the world is God doing? God is conspiring through a new generation to re-imagine and create new expressions of discipleship, community, church and mission to make a little difference in our rapidly changing world. While God is indeed conspiring through a new generation this [...]

San Diego fires + harassment

From Jason Evans at The Ecclesia Collective
Friends,
As many of you know, many of us in our community have been feeding the volunteers collecting donations at the Chicano Park donation drop point.
Yesterday, our group of primarily gringos experienced some resistance to serving the primarily Latino volunteers. We came to find out that earlier in the day, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

House Concert with Tracy Howe of the Restoration Village

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
Contact: mail@msainfo.org

Description:
Come for a concert at the Shafer Baillie Mansion in Capitol Hill to benefit Mustard Seed Associates and the Restoration Village.
Suggested donation: $10

About Tracy Howe and the [...]

The Other Journal :: An Intersection of Theology and Culture

The Other Journal in their new adventure with Mars Hill Graduate School just launched their new prettyful website.
The Other Journal :: An Intersection of Theology and Culture
And just like every other emerging-postmodern-church related blog and website out there they have a review on Brian McLaren’s new book among other interesting articles.

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History Lesson: On not celebrating Columbus

Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island’s beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later [...]

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