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

I’ve been fortunate to facilitate and participate in diversity workshops and anti-racism training in which people have been brutally honest. There have been tears, strong words have been exchanged and people have asked for forgiveness and help to overcome their racism.  This kind of openness does not happen easily at these kind of workshops and [...]

Warning - Very long post ahead
After months of planning and many online conversations, 10 rabble rousers got together this past weekend in Philadelphia to dream, dialogue and conspire about the next steps Submergent should take. Many others were invited, but couldn’t make it to the gathering - so no, it was not a secret meeting [...]

17th Annual MSA Celtic Prayer Retreat 2008

When: Saturday August 9, 2008 (some of us camp from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 8-10)
Where: Camano Island, WA (map)
There are times when we need space. . . space to breath, hear and respond, space for transformation and renewed clarity in our lives. Join us for all or part [...]

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 [...]

What You Don’t Know About Cuba | Adbusters
Just a few weeks before the next president of the United States takes the oath of office this January, Cubans will mark the 50th anniversary of the rise to power of America’s great nemesis, Fidel Castro.
Though many in the United States have denounced Castro (and his [...]

Guzzling coffee may cut heart disease - health - 16 June 2008 - New Scientist
A strong cup of coffee in the morning can feel like a life saver. Now, one of the largest and longest studies of coffee drinking suggests that coffee may indeed boost your lifespan – providing you drink enough of [...]

Blogging have been sporadically around here recently. I’ll be on and offline on vacation until June 30 showing off Seattle and the Washington State to my family from Puerto Rico.
Today we will celebrate a year of missed birthday parties.

Photo taken April 2007 in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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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 [...]

My Friend Jason from our sister community the Radical Living Community (In NYC) sent me their new newsletter - Agape Times.
In this issue we…

Stop by the local food co-op
Visit the Bruderhof in Harlem
Hear from Eliacin of the Mustard Seed House in Seattle
Share images of hope from Kenya
Explore the relationship between guerilla theater and the prophetic [...]

My friend and fellow Anglimergent Fr. Ian Mobsby just announced the launched of his second book. Ian’s community -Moot- is a sister to one of my communities here in Seattle, Church of the Apostles.
Here is what Ian says about his new book-

The Becoming of G-d: What the Trinitarian nature of God has to do with [...]