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

The Common Root launched!

Via Jesus Manifesto

Last week, thecommonroot.org was launched. The Common Root is a network for communities committed to Jesus’ radical way of shalom. This network used to be called “Submergent,” but we changed the name for a couple reasons. First, folks kept assuming that we were a sub-group of Emergent for Anabaptists. Secondly, the name didn’t [...]

Benedictine Community and Anabaptist Ecclesiology

Anabaptism is unique among all ecclesial frames for reference derived from the Reformation in many ways, one of which involves its Catholic roots and specifically Benedictine roots. Unlike Luther the Augustinian, Calvin the lawyer, or Zwingli the Christian humanist, the Anabaptist tradition arose largely in the soil of the Benedictine tradition. This is seen most [...]

Notes from Submergent Next Steps Gathering

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 [...]

Everything Must Change & Submergent # 1

I’m over in Goshen, Indiana hanging out with Mark Van Steenwyk and other Submergent conspirators. We are here to participate of the Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change conference.
While Submergent still forming it’s identity, we are here to connect with other emerging anabaptist and those influence by the anabaptist ethos who want to live into the Kingdom [...]

Celts and Anabaptists: Wisdom from the Margins for Tomorrow’s Church? | The Anabaptist Network

Celts and Anabaptists: Wisdom from the Margins for Tomorrow’s Church? | The Anabaptist Network
Among the fascinating things that are going on today are the reemergence from the margins of Christendom of the Celtic and the Anabaptist Christian traditions. There are many differences between these traditions. The Celtic tradition is very old; it emerged in the [...]

Interview with Tom Sine & Jarrod McKenna, Perth Australia

Interview with Tom Sine and Jarrod McKenna
The New Conspirators | RodneyOlsen.net
From Rodeny Olsen:
Tom Sine joined me on my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM along with Jarrod McKenna from Peace Tree Community. While Tom’s book talks about the many ways that people are re-imagining church, Jarrod is part of a community that is [...]