Posted 1 day ago
Tentative Speaking Schedules for Australia
Tom and Christine will be speaking in Australia throughout the month of October. Here is a tentative list of their gigs, but all dates are subject to change. It’s a work in progress.
October
1 | Arrive in Sydney
2-4 | Black Stump Festival (Sydney, NSW)
5-9 | Worldview Center for Intercultural Studies (Launceston, TAS)—Tom
Open seminar on the 7th
9-10 | UNOH (Melbourne, VIC)
11 | Urban Seed (Bendigo, VIC)—Tom
19-23 | Tabor College (Adelaide, SA)
24 | Tabor College Retreat (Adelaide, SA)—Christine
25 | Coromandel Valley Uniting Church, (Coromandel Valley, SA)
Posted 1 day ago
A Week Without Financial Transaction
Jesus said: “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
See if you can go a whole week without exchanging money, and see how God will provide for you. How will you survive, you say? Experiment with bartering, picking up free things on the sidewalk, borrowing from a neighbor, making it yourself, dumpster diving. Get creative! And let us know how it goes; email us at mail@msainfo.org.
Posted 7 days ago
How to be a Spiritual Person
By Christine Sine:
I have been thinking a lot lately about what kinds of practices I need in my life in order to consider myself a spiritual person. It all began when I posted reflections on my blog a a few months ago on What is a Spiritual Practice? and Reimagining our Spiritual Practices. I asked people about how they connected to God and what practices most renewed their faith.
The responses to these posts were astounding. Most did not mention prayer or Bible study. It seems that most people encounter and connect to God not through their daily Bible reading or through going to church, but through either nature or the ordinary every day activities that fill their days.
Continue read more at Emergent Village blog
Posted 7 days ago
How to be a Spiritual Person
By Christine Sine:
I have been thinking a lot lately about what kinds of practices I need in my life in order to consider myself a spiritual person. It all began when I posted reflections on my blog a a few months ago on What is a Spiritual Practice? and Reimagining our Spiritual Practices. I asked people about how they connected to God and what practices most renewed their faith.
The responses to these posts were astounding. Most did not mention prayer or Bible study. It seems that most people encounter and connect to God not through their daily Bible reading or through going to church, but through either nature or the ordinary every day activities that fill their days.
Continue read more at Emergent Village blog
Posted 14 days ago
Help us publicize the Celtic Retreat!
Restore the Rhythm | Rebuild the Soul | Renew the Call
There are times when we need space . . .
space to breath, hear and respond,
space for transformation and renewed clarity in our lives.
Below are Celtic Retreat flyers you can download to post at your church, school, community board, or anywhere. Let’s get the word out!
Full page flyer
Half page flyer
Posted 31 days ago
Mapping the Divine Week
June 7 – June 13
Gather a map of your neighborhood (you can get this through google maps). For one week, mark those areas in which you and others in your community and/or neighborhood encounter the Divine. It can be a coffee shop where people gather and feel welcome, a homeless shelter where people are provided with a roof and food, a park where you enjoy nature, a hospital, a friend’s house, or anything.
To see more alternative holidays, click here.
Posted 43 days ago
May 24: In Portland, Join us in a Conversation about Intentional Communities/New Monasticism
The Rosario-Kilmer tribe from The Mustard Seed House (in picture from left to right: Catie, Gabrielito, Elías, Ricci and I) will be hanging out in Portland this weekend (May 22-25).
Our friends Kerlin and Jordan are hosting a gathering on Sunday May 24, for rabble-rousers and holy dreamers to come together to share stories and explore the subjects of new monasticism and intentional communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Come and share your stories, questions and presence with us. If you are want to hang out with us contact me so I can send you more info about it.
Posted 45 days ago
May 30 - Second Spirituality of Gardening Workshop
If you couldn't make it on the 25th, come in May to:
A 2nd Spirituality of Gardening Workshop
Due to the interest in this workshop, we have decided to add a second workshop for all the people who have expressed interest but couldn't make it on the 25th. Here's your chance to join in the garden fun!
The Spirituality of Gardening 2
2ND DATE: May 30th, 2009
TIME: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
LOCATION: the Mustard Seed House
COST: $40 - $45, lunch & garden manual included
REGISTER ONLINE
Do you struggle to connect to the story of God through morning devotions and Sunday worship? I believe one reason people are moving away from Christianity at time warp speed is because we have divorced our faith from the glory of God revealed through the natural world. Nothing makes me more aware of this than working in the garden. I read about the death and resurrection of Christ in the Bible, but I experience it every time I plant a seed and watch it burst into life. I read about the faithfulness of God to Israel but I experience it every time I watch the rain fall and nourish the seeds I have planted. I read about the miracle of the fish and the loaves but I experience a miracle every time I am overwhelmed by the generosity of God's harvest.
In this workshop, we will discuss the wonderful ways that God is revealed through the rhythms of planting, growing, and harvesting in the garden. There will be spiritual insights and practical suggestions for backyard gardening in the Northwest. Come prepared to get your hands (and your clothes) dirty!
Each participant will receive a copy of The Garden Year, a resource to help plan, cultivate, and harvest a garden throughout the year.
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Posted 57 days ago
Claudio Oliver: Turning Grease Into Gospel
from theooze.tv
One small bar of soap can spark many reflections—spiritual, sociological, entropological and ecological—according to Claudio Oliver, who has spent 20 years working with the urban poor, and on community development, dental and medical projects, team equipping, and teaching in Curitiba, Brazil. Over the past five years, interviewer Spencer Burke has developed a friendship with Claudio and recently, Spencer visited Claudio in Brazil to see first-hand his innovative, provocative and practical ministry. They walk viewers through the process of making soap out of used cooking oil, telling viewers, “All this got started because we were talking about holiness.”
Click here to see more interviews at theooze.tv.
Posted 59 days ago
To Garden With God Garden Manual
by Christine Sine
Fifteen years of gardening experience has finally been compiled in one place—in To Garden With God, Christine’s new garden manual. Practical advice for backyard gardening is interspersed with spiritual lessons about God’s good creation. Here’s a list of what’s in it:
Table of Contents
Introduction
To Garden With God
Getting Our Hands Dirty
Organic Gardening 101
Garden Strategies
Gardening as Spiritual Practice
Garbage Into Gold
Winter: A Season for Quiet and Retreat
Winter Pruning
Waiting for the Light
Dreaming Big
Spring: A Season of New Life
Garden Resurrections
Birds, Spiders, and Prophets
Tomato Theology
Summer: A Season for Growth
Growing God’s Way
Companion Planting
Watering: Baptizing the Garden
Summer Feasting Recipes
Autumn: A Season of Abundance
Pumpkins Don’t Leave Holes
Harvest of Plenty
Walk Through the Garden Soup
Recipes for Giving Thanks
Garden Resources
Helpful Books, Catalogs, and Websites
Morning and Evening Prayers for Gardeners
The Monthly Garden Checklist
Planting and Harvest Chart
Harvest Log
Buy it here:
