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• Their One Good Son Winners Never Quit By Tristan McDaniel  I first heard... More »
• Invitation to Inspired Imagination by Tom Sine God is stirring up the imaginations of artists, musicians and ordinary people around the world to give creative... More »

• Freedom Stones As Cindy shares in her lead article, Freedom Stones is more than just another jewelry store. The issue of human... More »
• Grown Up Digital
• High Tech - High Touch What if you could use technology to help people understand and connect with the homeless? What imaginative uses of technology have... More »
• GOD's Kingdom and the Coming Immersive Web by Jason Fowler Technology, and particularly the Web, have brought tremendous changes to our world. As each decade rolls on it... More »
• 2010>>>2020 New Challenges- New Possibilities: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time Tom Sine As incredible as it seems we just crossed the threshold into the second decade of the 21st century…2010-2020! The... More »
• Anticipating New Global Challenges 2010 -2020 Tom Sine As we race into this volatile new decade we are going to be faced with a host of new... More »
• Millennials Imagining Ways to Live More With Less Penny Carothers Teaching children values is one of the most important things we do as parents. Most experts agree on... More »

• Jesus Freak by Sara Miles – Short Book Review By Ricci Kilmer “…anywhere there’s food, spirit and matter intersect. And the power to feed —... More »
• Book Review Christine Sine It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian by Samir Selmanovic (Jossey-Bass, 2009) It’s Really All... More »
• Book Review of The Boundary-Breaking God by Danielle Shroyer By Judy Naegeli, MSA team Danielle Shroyer, The Boundary-Breaking God: An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (San Francisco, Calif.:... More »
• Reviews of Two Provocative Titles Jesus Before Christianity (1976, 2001) by Albert Nolan, O.P. is a book which removes the lens of Christianity from looking... More »
• Book Review: Not for Sale By G. Stephen Goode, YWAM Thailand originally published as an Amazon Customer Review, March 9, 2007. Used with permission from the... More »
• Film Review: A Walk to Beautiful by Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I recently was invited to view a film called A Walk to Beautiful with some... More »
• Book Review of Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Timothy Friend, Friends church pastor in California This review was originally written for the... More »
• The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Book review by Don Holsinger, Professor of... More »
• Home Is Where the Heart Is: Israel and Palestine—Whose Promised Land? Whose Land? Whose Promise?: What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians Book review by Lindsay Lackey There... More »

• Resources for August 2009 Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire... More »

• Photo Reflection of the Celtic Retreat We had a lovely weekend last month celebrating the Celtic spiritual traditions of prayer and worship, work and rest, community... More »
• MSA's 18th Annual Celtic Prayer Retreat Restore the Rhythm | Rebuild the Soul | Renew the Call There are times when we need space . . . space... More »
• Why Do We Need a Rule of Life? by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Why a rule of life, you might ask? We sense that God’s spirit is currently... More »

• The House: A New Hybrid in Seattle By Eric Likkel, Northwest Hothouse Churches come in all shapes and sizes. In the emerging stream of church planting, groups intentionally... More »
• Quest Church in Seattle, WA Quest Church in Seattle is an innovative multicultural church plant in Seattle that reaches out to their community in creative... More »
• Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN Sanctuary Covenant Church is an example of a Mosaic church plant that has created a richly multicultural community learning to... More »
• Life Covenant Church – A Missional Example by Tim Morey, Pastor Describe the small group of those who joined you at the beginning and the date you launched. Life... More »

• Living With The Homeless by Steve Kimes Pastor, Anawim Christian Community, a local church for the homeless and mentally ill. I approach Ron on... More »
• Vision for a Celtic Community by Christine Sine A few weeks ago we held an exciting meeting at the Mustard Seed House. Our Mustard Seed... More »
• Intentional Community: Living Our Dreams or Discovering God's Possibilities? By Eliacin Rosario-Cruz My family and I are part of an intentional residential community, Mustard Seed House. Our community is grounded... More »
• Community… a coming crisis and a creative opportunity 2010 to 2020 by Tom Sine As we emerge from the worst recession in 70 years we learn that nearly 3,000,000 Americans lost their... More »
• Friendship at the Margin: a Book Review by Christine Sine A couple of weeks ago I commented on the fact that I had just started reading Friendship at... More »
• Prayer as Community How do you experience prayer as central to your life or the life of your community? What does it mean to... More »
• Oasis of Peace What thoughts came to mind as you watched this video? How might this approach work in other areas of conflict and/or... More »
• Inflatable Church Does Inflatable Church come with Inflatable Community?
• Board Member Updates David Vandervort is a residential and commercial architect and a native of Seattle. He received his BA in architecture... More »
• A Celtic Community for Sustainable Spirituality and Life by Tom Sine, MSA Founder We seem to be racing headlong into increasingly uncertain times as we recover from the worse... More »

• How You Can Participate in MSA Mustard Seed Associates is on an exciting journey in which we hope you will participate. There are many ways in... More »
• Meeting Jesus in Lake City by Peter Ilgenfritz, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle Peter tells this story to the group at the Friday evening... More »

• A Christian Response * How are you, your church, or community responding to climate change? What does a “Christian response” look like... More »
• Harvest Hill Community Garden by Tim Honse In late winter of this year, the idea to start a community garden began to grow among members... More »
• Our Industrial Wound and the Salty Tears of GOD By Jason Fowler I have been deeply troubled by the BP oil spill, which we should more appropriately call an oil... More »
• Joining a new generation in making a difference in an environment at risk by Tom Sine (Based on an interview with Dr. Chris Elisara, founder and executive director of the Creation Care Study... More »
• An Unorganized and Not-At-All-Comprehensive List of International Gardening Resources Sustainable Gardening Australia sustainable self-sufficiency gardening blog Green Harvest Australia Organic Pathways New Zealand Organic Gardening: An Introduction, Sustainable Living Programme NZ Best Green Blogs Sustainable... More »
• Gardening Resources Books Mel Bartholomew, Square Foot Gardening (Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale Press, 1981). Steve Solomon, Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: Steve Solomon’s Complete... More »
• Photos of the Spirituality of Gardening workshop from Manual Sanchez, Ecclesia Houston The cross in the garden is the first thing you see when you walk... More »
• Birds, Spiders, and Prophets by Christine Sine Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God... More »
• To Garden With God by Christine Sine The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It... More »
• Earth, Teach Me to Remember Ute American Prayer This is a beautiful prayer that calls us to take notice of the earth and learn lessons from... More »

• Pioneering Social Change This helpful video from The Skoll Foundation is a good introduction to Social Entrepreneurship.
• Tom's Shoes What if buying a pair of shoes could impact a child on the other side of the world? What if... More »
• One Village Coffee One Village Coffee – Promo 02 from DAVID B WASSERMAN on Vimeo. Some visions for change have both a local and... More »
• Microfinance and the Next Generation One of the trends in the coming decade is the growing population of youth around the globe. Traditional economic systems... More »
• The Changing Landscape of Doing Good by Cindy Todd Philanthropically speaking, giving is down.  In an article by Lauren Wilcox of Heifer International, she cites Giving USA’s... More »
• World of Good Social Entrepreneurship is really nothing new, although it’s gained attention since Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006... More »
• Imagining New Partnerships Andy Wade ... More »
• July 2009 Seed Sampler: Writing as Spiritual Discipline “God may this day be an empty page waiting for the words you write. Make of my heart a landing... More »
• Breathing in the Presence of God by Christine Sine I did not grow up writing prayers. In fact my early Christian experience was in a tradition that... More »
• Twitter as a Spiritual Discipline by Gerard Kelly, Bless Network UK, Crossroads International Church Amsterdam As reported in London’s Independent and around the world, Ireland’s... More »

• Micah Challenge UK What’s your promise? from Micah Challenge in the UK on Vimeo.
• Laundry Love Unleash Campaign – Laundry Love from Newsong Church on Vimeo.Laundry Love Projects (LLPs) are regular opportunities to help people who... More »
• Tim Clue on Personal Debt
• Responding to the Global Economic Crisis
• Graduated Tithe: A Giving Strategy by Craig Ford, Money Help for Christians blog There are lots of people who introduce strategies for getting wealthy, saving a... More »
• Twin Crises – World at an Economic Crossroads by Trevor Thomas Trevor is currently the Chair of the TEAR Australia Board. He works in the ethical investment industry. He... More »
• The Crazy Provision of God by Eugene Cho I’m not always comfortable with talking about money and mixing it with language of provision, blessings, and God’s... More »

• Missio Dei: The Idealism of a Messy Three-Year-Old By Mark Van Steenwyk www.missio-dei.com A few years ago, my wife and I, along with a handful of friends, started a church... More »
• Emerging Women Finding Their Voice By Julie Clawson, co-pastor of Via Christus Community Church To the Men of the Emerging Church: I wonder what the deal really... More »
• So What Is a Fresh Expression? (And Other Key Questions…) by Rev. Dr. Steven Croft, Team Leader of Fresh Expressions UK So what is a fresh expression of church? For many years... More »
• All Things Emerging Down Under from a conversation with Fuzz Kitto, Spirited Consulting The emerging church movement in Australia and New Zealand has two major paths.... More »
• Emergent Village and Full Communion by Dwight J. Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, “Mars Hill Graduate School“, Seattle, WA Toward an Understanding of Emergent Village Emergent... More »
• The Emerging Church in the UK – Personal Reflections by Ian Mobsby, Moot Community, Westminster, London, UK Background about the Emerging Church in the UK Because culture in the UK is... More »
• The New Conspirators: The Emerging Church: Touring the Emerging Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates As we race into a very uncertain future, the Western Church is facing some daunting... More »

• Available now - Turbulent Times Ready or Not! Manual It’s here! The recession response manual, Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! A Creative Response Manual for Missional Congregations 2010 to 2020... More »
• Early House Churches by Shonnie Scott Shonnie Scott, one of the board members of MSA, is writing a dissertation on how the ministry of... More »
• Recession is Looming: How Can We Prepare? by Tom Sine, MSA team Waking to an Economic Hurricane “Global markets plunge as world leaders struggle to respond…” 1 The US... More »
• Living Simply with Kids By Ricci Kilmer When we first got married my husband and I had a simple Saturday morning tradition. We’d rent... More »
• MSA: A Network of Communities The Mustard Seed team is in the process of reimagining MSA more as a network of communities and individuals that... More »
• I am a Wasteland A Lenten Reflection by Lindsay Lackey I am a wasteland, desolate desert of rock and bramble. My stones do not nourish;... More »
• The Joy of Easter Sunday By Christine Sine Easter Sunday is a totally different experience from the agony of Good Friday. For some, the festivities begin... More »
• The New Conspirators - Modern Monasticism by Tom Sine God is doing something new through a new generation of conspirators that we can all learn from and... More »

• Cell Phone Empowerment of the Global Poor Penny Carothers Many of our poorest neighbors have been devastated by the global recession.  Now they are being hammered by climate... More »
• 2010>>>2020 New Challenges- New Possibilities: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time Tom Sine As incredible as it seems we just crossed the threshold into the second decade of the 21st century…2010-2020! The... More »
• Anticipating New Global Challenges 2010 -2020 Tom Sine As we race into this volatile new decade we are going to be faced with a host of new... More »
• Millennials Imagining Ways to Live More With Less Penny Carothers Teaching children values is one of the most important things we do as parents. Most experts agree on... More »
• Learning to See Through the Eyes of the "Other" by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reading the Bible With the Damned by Bob Ekblad was the book that began my... More »
• Coming of the Majority Future, Ready or Not! by Tom Sine, MSA team With the election of President Barack Obama, we all learned that there is a racial... More »
• Renewal of Hope and Readiness for Recession On November 4th, we witnessed not only the election of a new president of the United States, but a remarkable... More »
• Recession is Looming: How Can We Prepare? by Tom Sine, MSA team Waking to an Economic Hurricane “Global markets plunge as world leaders struggle to respond…” 1 The US... More »
• Lessons Learned from Church Disaster Plans by Penny Carothers   Following the colossal damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina,... More »
• Following Jesus in Uncertain Times by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reportedly almost 80,000 people have lost their lives in the horrific cyclone that struck Myanmar... More »

• What Will Shape Our Spirituality in the Coming Decade? Christine Sine There is no doubt in our minds that we live in a rapidly changing world. What most of... More »
• Resources for Turbulent Times manual This is the resource page of the Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! recession response manual. Download the whole manual here. Economic Empowerment... More »
• Missional "Best Practices" for Turbulent Times from the Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! manual Goshen, Indiana: The pastor of Clinton Frame Mennonite Church has invited families who are... More »
• Dealing with swine flu in church from Dave Roberts, “Angels of Mercy” Christianity Magazine UK (September 2009), 31. Used with permission. It might sound like an obvious... More »
• Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! Manual Introduction By Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates The rest of the Manual is available FOR PURCHASE for only $10.00. “Once... More »
• Angels of Mercy by Dave Roberts, Christianity Magazine UK Used with permission As the traffic swarmed out of a soon-to-be-buffeted New Orleans, solitary cars drove... More »
• Reaching your community in a flu pandemic from Dave Roberts, “Angels of Mercy,” Christianity Magazine UK (September 2009). Used with permission. There are several practical things your church... More »
• The Cost of Living: How the global recession is killing the poor by Tomi Ajayi, Christianity Magazine UK Used with permission Lilian was self-employed, growing vegetables for export from her east-African country; the funds... More »
• A Celtic Community for Sustainable Spirituality and Life by Tom Sine, MSA Founder We seem to be racing headlong into increasingly uncertain times as we recover from the worse... More »

• Women's Activities in Agros Communities ©2007 by Agros International. Used with permission. Agros’ programs address the needs of women and children by creating a positive... More »
• Two Easily Ignored Stories by Megan Jones Ady RAKAI, UGANDA—“There are many child-led households in southern Uganda due to the high mortality rate from AIDS.” This... More »
• Submitting to the Healing of Love by Kristin Keen, Word Made Flesh ©2008 by Word Made Flesh. Used with permission. I had a vision at a recent... More »
• The World's Women Need Our Help! by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates “The church’s challenge for the 20th century was the equality of women,” proclaimed the speaker... More »
• Book Review: Not for Sale By G. Stephen Goode, YWAM Thailand originally published as an Amazon Customer Review, March 9, 2007. Used with permission from the... More »
• Film Review: A Walk to Beautiful by Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I recently was invited to view a film called A Walk to Beautiful with some... More »
• A Prayer for the World's Women by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Jesus Christ, word made flesh, incarnate presence of God, You were born of a woman and... More »
• Emerging Women Finding Their Voice By Julie Clawson, co-pastor of Via Christus Community Church To the Men of the Emerging Church: I wonder what the deal really... More »

• Rethinking the Evils of Suburbia by Todd Hiestand, The Well I pastor a church community in Feasterville. Yes, Feasterville. That’s actually the name of our... More »
• The Real Santa Claus by Samantha Baker Evens, InnerCHANGE Cambodia As a parent at Christmastime, I am more fortunate than most. My family lives in... More »

• Building Community in a Multicultural Church by Efrem Smith, senior pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church I have the awesome privilege of being the Senior Pastor... More »

• Interview with Pastor James (Missional Church) MSA: Would you describe the Capitol Hill neighborhood? JK: Capitol Hill was “the suburbs” 100 years ago. Now it’s an inner-city... More »
• Abolishing Human Trafficking The Statistics Trafficking of persons is modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. United... More »

• March 2009 Resources Books Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing Resources for Reconciliation (InterVarsity... More »

• Missional in Suburbia? by Joy Schroeder, Emerging Desert Cohort Just a few years ago, I could not imagine being asked to contribute to a... More »
• Rethinking the Evils of Suburbia by Todd Hiestand, The Well I pastor a church community in Feasterville. Yes, Feasterville. That’s actually the name of our... More »
• Suburban Missional: The Iceberg Underneath by Kathy Escobar, the refuge When Jesus sent his disciples out on mission, he told them to be poor, to take... More »
• Mustard Seed vs. Mega-church By Eileen Hansen, Trinity Lutheran Church In a religious landscape that celebrates the “mega,” Trinity Lutheran Church conceived and freed a... More »
• The New Conspirators: Missional Church The Missional Stream – Consider Moving Missional to the Center of Congregational Life by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates While the emerging... More »
• The New Conspirators: Mosaic Church: Intro to the Mosaic Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates In the UK, more churches were planted in the last seven years than Starbucks were... More »
• Book Review of Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Timothy Friend, Friends church pastor in California This review was originally written for the... More »
• Interview with Pastor James (Missional Church) MSA: Would you describe the Capitol Hill neighborhood? JK: Capitol Hill was “the suburbs” 100 years ago. Now it’s an inner-city... More »
• Life Covenant Church – A Missional Example by Tim Morey, Pastor Describe the small group of those who joined you at the beginning and the date you launched. Life... More »
• Integral Mission in Latin America by Tomas Yaccino La Red del Camino para la Misión Integral en America Latina In Latin America, a small but growing... More »

• Signs of a New Monasticism By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove The 20th century Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote that the life of “every Christian is signed with the... More »

• MSA's 18th Annual Celtic Prayer Retreat Restore the Rhythm | Rebuild the Soul | Renew the Call There are times when we need space . . . space... More »
• Photos of the Spirituality of Gardening workshop from Manual Sanchez, Ecclesia Houston The cross in the garden is the first thing you see when you walk... More »
• Mustard Seed Associates in 2009 As we look ahead to 2009, we find ourselves facing a spreading global recession that is putting growing numbers of... More »
• The New Conspirators! Report Our recent conference, The New Conspirators, was a great success. We brought together over 300 people from diverse backgrounds and... More »
• The New Conspirators > Festival of the Imagination by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz The New Conspirators…What in the World is God Doing? What in the world is God doing? God is conspiring... More »

• Advent Resources 2009 Narrative Theology Books Danielle Shroyer, The Boundary-Breaking God: As Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2009). John W.... More »
• A Journey Into God's Resurrection-Created World An Easter Celebration Guide This Easter guide provides a focus on different areas of celebration for each of the seven weeks... More »
• Available now - Turbulent Times Ready or Not! Manual It’s here! The recession response manual, Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! A Creative Response Manual for Missional Congregations 2010 to 2020... More »
• Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! Manual Introduction By Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates The rest of the Manual is available FOR PURCHASE for only $10.00. “Once... More »
• Angels of Mercy by Dave Roberts, Christianity Magazine UK Used with permission As the traffic swarmed out of a soon-to-be-buffeted New Orleans, solitary cars drove... More »
• The Cost of Living: How the global recession is killing the poor by Tomi Ajayi, Christianity Magazine UK Used with permission Lilian was self-employed, growing vegetables for export from her east-African country; the funds... More »
• Resources for June 2009 Mark G. Brett, Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire (Sheffield Pheonix Press, 2008). Bob Ekblad, Reading the Bible... More »
• Resources for May 2009 Books Mel Bartholomew, Square Foot Gardening (Emmaus, Penn.: Rodale Press, 1981). Steve Solomon, Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: Steve Solomon’s Complete... More »
• Resources for April 2009 Books Will and Lisa Samson, Justice in the ‘Burbs: Being in the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live (Grand Rapids, Mich.:... More »
• March Mustard Seeds Calendar Whole Month | Lent 1-7 | Mutunga $2 Challenge 7 | Feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity 8 | International Women’s Day 10| Moon... More »

• Briefly, Eastern Influence on Celtic Saints by Judy Naegeli, Mustard Seed Associates Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath... More »
• Building Community in a Multicultural Church by Efrem Smith, senior pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church I have the awesome privilege of being the Senior Pastor... More »
• Litany for a Commitment to Unity by Rev. Helen Richmond, former National Director of Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Ministry of the Uniting Church in Australia VOICE 1: In... More »
• Lent and Easter in the Orthodox Christian Tradition By Denny Sellen, Seattle University Lent, literally “spring” in Anglo-Saxon, is not simply a preparation for the Feast of Easter,... More »
• Quest Church in Seattle, WA Quest Church in Seattle is an innovative multicultural church plant in Seattle that reaches out to their community in creative... More »
• Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN Sanctuary Covenant Church is an example of a Mosaic church plant that has created a richly multicultural community learning to... More »

• Connection to Land by Brent Lyons Lee, Urban Seed I work with dislocated indigenous people on the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Through... More »
• Learning to See Through the Eyes of the "Other" by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reading the Bible With the Damned by Bob Ekblad was the book that began my... More »
• Who Is Your Other? By Eliacín Rosario-Cruz, Mustard Seed Associates Interestingly enough, people sometimes get surprised and/or offended when they hear me say... More »
• Sole-Less Shoes by Angel Huertas The other day, I was at the local bank making some transactions (it makes me sound... More »
• March 2009 Resources Books Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing Resources for Reconciliation (InterVarsity... More »
• Desperately Needed: More Outsiders--A Biblical Mandate for Cross-Cultural Missions by Craig Greenfield, Servants to Asia’s Urban Poor This article first appeared in the February 2009 issue of Lausanne World Pulse.... More »
• The Reality of Diversity by Eliacín Rosario-Cruz, MSA team “What do you mean by ‘just one’? I’m not choosing just one!” I told my wife... More »
• Coming of the Majority Future, Ready or Not! by Tom Sine, MSA team With the election of President Barack Obama, we all learned that there is a racial... More »
• Wanjiku’s Long Safari Adapted from a story by Father Joseph Donders, M.Afr. There is a story about a certain East African woman named... More »
• Racism Is In the Eye of the Beholder By David Park, Next Gener.Asian Church (.com) blogger Racism is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t say this as... More »

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• Family, Embracing Brokenness, and Entering the Worship Circle by Aaron Strumpel My heart beats today with a faster pace than blood can flow My heart beats today with a fevered... More »

• The New Conspirators! Report Our recent conference, The New Conspirators, was a great success. We brought together over 300 people from diverse backgrounds and... More »
• Join the Conversation After reading The New Conspirators. What might be the consequences of inviting God to ignite our imaginations and those of the... More »
• Planting Post-Conference Mustard Seeds by Penny Carothers, Burnside Writers Collective Earlier this month hundreds of people gathered in Seattle for the New Conspirators conference. Most... More »
• Meeting Jesus in Lake City by Peter Ilgenfritz, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle Peter tells this story to the group at the Friday evening... More »
• Reflections on The New Conspirators Conference By Jonathan Brink, Thrive Ministries Every once in a great while an event comes along that intrigues me enough that... More »

• Missio Dei: The Idealism of a Messy Three-Year-Old By Mark Van Steenwyk www.missio-dei.com A few years ago, my wife and I, along with a handful of friends, started a church... More »
• Signs of a New Monasticism By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove The 20th century Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote that the life of “every Christian is signed with the... More »
• The New Conspirators - Modern Monasticism by Tom Sine God is doing something new through a new generation of conspirators that we can all learn from and... More »

• Prayer for the Jobless by Anonymous Anawim Father, I have been searching for a job day after day. I am worn out by my inability to... More »
• Prayer for the Stewards of God's Creation by Christine Sine Upon all farmers, market gardeners, foresters and all who work the land, Lord, have mercy Upon ranchers, zoo keepers, veterinarians... More »
• Liturgy of the Beloved Community By Christine Sine, Mustard Seed House, Seattle, WA, and Jason Storbakken, Radical Living, Brooklyn, NY Celebrant: Blessed Trinity, perfect community, Indwell us with Your... More »
• Transformation Prayer by Andy Wade Amazing God, You created the heavens and the earth, declaring them “Good”. Forgive us when we retain power and control... More »
• The Kingdom of God and Human Transformation by Christine Sine The coming of Jesus was the culmination of God’s work in history. In him the future of God... More »
• Tech Liturgy Come to Jesus, all you who are overwhelmed by the pace of life Lord, we come to you, worn out from... More »
• Garden Prayer A Blessing For the Planting of a New Garden by Christine Sine God bless this soil rich and fertile with life God bless... More »
• Be Still echoing off concrete towers buses, cars, trucks, motorcycles molesting peace with a pace far greater than souls should travel simmering moods man, girl, boy, woman churning... More »
• Following God in Turbulent Times Christine Sine It is hard to believe that we have moved into a new year and a new decade. And what... More »
• Liturgy: Peace in Turbulent Times - A Centering Prayer Christine Sine The following prayer is one that I find very helpful to calm my spirit during times of turmoil. I... More »

• November 2009 Seed Sampler: Advent--Story-Formed Faith Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical calendar. The liturgical calendar was designed to lead us through the... More »
• The Story-Formed Calendar by Tara Malouf, Red Thread Photo God’s people have always been asked to live in God’s time. Noah waited for... More »
• The Spiritual Discipline of Writing Sermons by the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli Many years ago, our pastor was asked, “Why do you spend 20 hours per week... More »
• To Garden With God by Christine Sine The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It... More »
• Station 10 Litany: Let Justice Roll Down Like Water  From Stations of the Banquet, pp. 196-197Group 1: For your justice pouring as a mighty river from your heart,All: We thank you.You... More »
• The Journeys of Jesus: A Monthly Pilgrimage by Judy Naegeli, MSA team Although it has been said that Jesus of Nazareth never went more than 30 miles from... More »
• Welcome to the Mustard Seeds Calendar 2009! by Eliacín Rosario-Cruz, MSA team Many of us have come to the realization that our daily religious devotion and creativity have... More »

• Micah Challenge UK What’s your promise? from Micah Challenge in the UK on Vimeo.
• Laundry Love Unleash Campaign – Laundry Love from Newsong Church on Vimeo.Laundry Love Projects (LLPs) are regular opportunities to help people who... More »
• Tim Clue on Personal Debt
• Responding to the Global Economic Crisis
• Graduated Tithe: A Giving Strategy by Craig Ford, Money Help for Christians blog There are lots of people who introduce strategies for getting wealthy, saving a... More »
• Prayer for the Jobless by Anonymous Anawim Father, I have been searching for a job day after day. I am worn out by my inability to... More »
• Twin Crises – World at an Economic Crossroads by Trevor Thomas Trevor is currently the Chair of the TEAR Australia Board. He works in the ethical investment industry. He... More »
• The Crazy Provision of God by Eugene Cho I’m not always comfortable with talking about money and mixing it with language of provision, blessings, and God’s... More »
• HomeGrown Revolution * What do you think about this “revolution”? Is this something you would want to try? Why? Why not?
• Tiwizi Community Unites for Adaptation to Climate Change TIWIZI – Community Unites for Adaptation to Climate Change from CBAMAROC on Vimeo.TIWIZI (which... More »

• Community In The Country: A Personal Story by Jason Fowler, Wisely Woven / Sustainable Traditions I use to think the idea of intentional Christian community was a radical... More »
• Resources for Lent 2009 from February 2009 Seed Sampler, “Justice at the Table” Books Cathy C. Campbell, Stations of the Banquet: Faith Foundations for Food Justice... More »
• A Frenchwoman's Community Pilgrimage by Noemie Capdevila Everything started with an obligation. I had applied and committed to participate in a week of reflections on... More »
• Teenage Affluenza A video juxtaposing the affluence, but perceived hardship, of teens in Australia with the actual hardship of children all over... More »
• Seed Share: An interview with Catie Rosario-Kilmer ... More »
• Children and Consumer Faith by Cindy Spencer, Children & Youth Ministries, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle Published originally in The Rubic, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral,... More »
• Reflections on living simply after a Montana vacation by Pat Loughery My family recently returned to our suburban Seattle home from a refreshing eight-day vacation in rural Montana. We... More »
• What Living in Europe has Taught me About Living Simply by Rachelle Mee-Chapman In February 2008 our family of four moved from our six-bedroom communal home in Seattle, Washington to a... More »
• Preparing the Middle Class For Life in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Middle Class Bill Stevens has worked very hard... More »

• Is it Our Turn Yet? Millennials Are Ready to Act Now! Andy Wade A new generation is rising up that is well-informed, globally minded, and ready to get their hands dirty to... More »
• A Franciscan Blessing May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep... More »
• "Ronnie" Kisses Me by Rick Reynolds, Operation Nightwatch "Ronnie" was about the homeliest, smelliest, loudest homeless guy at Nightwatch in our Shelter... More »
• AFRICA GREAT LAKES: Taking the initiative from violent actors by Cliff Kindy, Christian Peacemaker Teams Originally published at CPTnet on February 19, 2009. Used with permission. Through a series of exploration... More »
• L'Arche: International Community of Love by Judy Naegeli, Mustard Seed Associates, with Melody George “Communion is a to-and-fro of love; we give and receive mutually.” Jean... More »
• The Real Santa Claus by Samantha Baker Evens, InnerCHANGE Cambodia As a parent at Christmastime, I am more fortunate than most. My family lives in... More »
• What Recession Looks Like in Cambodia by Samantha Baker Evens of InnerCHANGE Cambodia A few people have asked me... More »
• Following Jesus in Uncertain Times by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reportedly almost 80,000 people have lost their lives in the horrific cyclone that struck Myanmar... More »
• Preparing the Global Poor in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Global Poor “The global food crisis has... More »
• Racism Is In the Eye of the Beholder By David Park, Next Gener.Asian Church (.com) blogger Racism is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t say this as... More »

• Surprised by Community: The Spirituality of Blogging By Tim Mathis, Relatively Faithful For someone writing about using technology in the practice of a spiritual discipline, I’m quite... More »
• The Other Is My Neighbor by Greta Bergquist There’s a wideness in God’s mercy / I cannot find in my own ... More »
• God's Expansive Tent: An Easter Sermon on Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch by Nadia Bolz-Weber, House of All Sinners and Saints Acts 8:26-40 Then an angel of the Lord said to... More »
• Communities in Holland from Frank Mulder, Time to Turn Our new community house is almost finished! We have been painting and repairing for more... More »
• Freeing the Saints From Their Hallmark Holidays by Christine Sine, MSA team Robyn was angry and confused. She had just discovered that her much-beloved roly-poly red-robed Santa Claus... More »
• A Meeting For Discernment from Bruce Bishop, co-author of Practicing Discernment Together Most traditional meetings are task-oriented. There is limited time to meet, so there... More »
• Submitting to the Healing of Love by Kristin Keen, Word Made Flesh ©2008 by Word Made Flesh. Used with permission. I had a vision at a recent... More »

• HomeGrown Revolution * What do you think about this “revolution”? Is this something you would want to try? Why? Why not?
• Tiwizi Community Unites for Adaptation to Climate Change TIWIZI – Community Unites for Adaptation to Climate Change from CBAMAROC on Vimeo.TIWIZI (which... More »
• Man & Cow “Man & Cow” Greener-Schnitzels Episode #1 from Greener-Schnitzels on Vimeo.
• Reconnecting with Our Food — Julie Clawson Introduction by Tom Sine Julie Clawson invites us in a very compelling way to reconnect to all that is... More »
• Rediscovering Eden by Andy Wade “For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness... More »
• Americans Discover Food Christine Sine I have just been doing a little research on the trend towards growing one’s own food which is really... More »
• Guerrilla Gardening Lucas Land I’ve been reading Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto by David Tracey. It’s been fun to read, very informative and very inspiring. Many... More »
• Review of “The Gift of Good Land” by Wendell Berry by Judy Naegeli, MSA team Although I’ve been hearing the name Wendell Berry for years now, I confess that this essay... More »
• How to Help the Most Vulnerable By Rick Reynolds, Operation Night Watch   When times are bad, people dream up survival strategies—ways to live... More »

• Computer Ministry Grows Like Mustard Seed by Susan Passi-Klaus In a world where owning a computer can help buy success, not everyone – especially disadvantaged school children... More »
• PBS Digital Nation
• Telling Stories with Technology by Mike Geertsen We all have stories to tell about our community. These can be dreams: “What if that old industrial... More »
• Theology After Google Transforming Theology interviews Steve Knight following his presentation at the recent Theology After Google conference in Clairmont, CA.
• Flutter When tweeting is just too long!
• Social Media Revolution by Erik Qualman
• The 10 Commandments of Computer Ethics by Rosie Perera Written by the Computer Ethics Institute (whose website is now defunct), posted on the Computer Professionals for Social... More »

• Justice at Christ's Table By Ricci Kilmer, from the Revolution Starts at Home blog Envision your local church—the altar, pew, or whatever space in which... More »

• The New Conspirators: Missional Church The Missional Stream – Consider Moving Missional to the Center of Congregational Life by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates While the emerging... More »
• The New Conspirators: Mosaic Church: Intro to the Mosaic Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates In the UK, more churches were planted in the last seven years than Starbucks were... More »

• November 2009 Seed Sampler: Advent--Story-Formed Faith Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical calendar. The liturgical calendar was designed to lead us through the... More »
• October 2009 Seed Sampler: Turbulent Times--Ready or Not! It’s here! The recession response manual, Turbulent Times—Ready or Not! A Creative Response Manual 2010 to 2020 is... More »
• September 2009 Seed Sampler: MSA Update Every year, we devote one issue of the Seed Sampler to the happenings at MSA because all the other issues... More »
• August 2009 Seed Sampler: Pre-Christendom Christianity Dear Readers, Since its beginnings, MSA has always had a connection to the ancient Celtic form of Christianity. But we have... More »
• July 2009 Seed Sampler: Writing as Spiritual Discipline “God may this day be an empty page waiting for the words you write. Make of my heart a landing... More »
• June 2009 Seed Sampler: Encountering the "Other" Dear readers, If I’m honest with myself, I can acknowledge that there are people out there in the world, sometimes quite... More »
• May 2009 Seed Sampler: The Spirituality of Gardening Genesis 2 says that God “planted” a garden. He didn’t speak it into being in this case; he knelt in... More »
• April 2009 Seed Sampler: Suburban Missional Church and Rural Intentional Community Is it just me, or do conversations surrounding community and mission seem to focus on expressions in urban settings? We... More »
• March 2009 Seed Sampler: Welcoming a Majority Future It is difficult for many white people to admit their privilege and dominance in society, especially American society. It is... More »
• February Seed Sampler: Lent, Easter, and Food Justice At the end of this month on the 25th, we come again to the liturgical season of Lent. During this... More »

• Introducing "The Revolution Starts At Home" By Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I read lots of really good books about simplicity, ecology, raising children, etc., that really... More »
• that's right, MSA has a new website! Yes, you are in the right place. This is the new online home of Mustard Seed Associates. We’ve done some pruning... More »

• Freeing the Saints From Their Hallmark Holidays by Christine Sine, MSA team Robyn was angry and confused. She had just discovered that her much-beloved roly-poly red-robed Santa Claus... More »
• Not the World - Just Camdem By Danny Kam, Azusa Pacific University  I... More »

• The Spiritual Discipline of Writing Sermons by the Rev. Mary Holder Naegeli Many years ago, our pastor was asked, “Why do you spend 20 hours per week... More »