The question for this week: what are your creative ideas for making a little difference in your community 2013 to 2018?

May 17, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – I want you to take you back to 1970 one more time to meet a mentor and friend…Frank Herbert, author of Dune and a host of other compelling books. Dune was widely used as an environmental study book when it came out in the early 70s at the very beginning of [...]

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How are you celebrating the new creation during Earth Day 2013 and this Season of Easter?

April 23, 2013
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- by Tom Sine – Let me tell you what I did.  On this beautiful blue sky Earth Day here in Seattle I joined several hundred people in celebrating the dedication of the Bullitt Center, a six story 50,000 square foot building.  It is heralded at the greenest office building in America.  Both Governor Jay [...]

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Life after Resurrection…What does Jesus’ mustard seed empire look like?

April 16, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – Our last post we asked “Life after Resurrection… What are God’s purposes for a people and a world?”  We answered by painting a very different biblical vision for a people and a world than getting our souls rescued for the clouds.  This week we are asking what does Jesus mustard [...]

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Life after Resurrection…What are God’s purposes for a people and a world?

April 6, 2013
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- by Tom Sine – So what does it mean for you to follow the Jesus after the resurrection?  My Australian friends ask the same question in a very fresh way.  “What is God on about?”  Translation….what are God’s purposes for a people and a world? As a young convert I was nurtured in a [...]

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How do you plan to celebrate life after Easter 2013?

March 28, 2013
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Christine and I had a stimulating conversation on Monday with a great group of 11 George Fox University  students and a couple of staff.   This is the first time we have used our great new classroom in the Mustard Seed Village as you can see in the picture.  This first day of holy week has [...]

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As we rapidly journeying towards Easter 2013 have you ever considered inviting God to ignite your “divine spark?”

March 22, 2013
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– by Tom Sine — Cindy Todd helped a group of us last Saturday invite God to “ignite our divine sparks” and I can’t remember being a part of a gathering that so stirred my imagination and my creativity.  The first exercise took all of us back to our childhood, remembering the things that make [...]

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Are you ready to join Saint Patrick in the spiritual discipline of listening?

March 12, 2013
Celtic High Cross

In 1982 I took my first pilgrimage to Iona to experience the new discipline for me of listening for God in one of the holy places.  I got more than I bargained for.  I not only had a very deep experience of what Celtic Christians call “thin places” where the dimension between this world and [...]

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Are you ready for the Lenten discipline of coming out of hiding?

March 5, 2013
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- by Tom Sine – Christine and I, and our golden retriever, Bonnie, just came back from one of our prayer retreats at a doggie friendly motel in Anacortes just north of Seattle.  It is a modest place with a little view of the water and a great walking trail.  Part of the discipline of [...]

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Are you ready for the Lenten discipline of celebrating each step on the way home to join the great family for the homecoming feast?

February 26, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – Last night Christine prepared a magnificent Greek feast for a wonderful group of friends to celebrate another year of growing up and growing older. The feast included roast leg of lamb, oven roasted potatoes, beets and onions and two wonderful salads.  The first salad was comprised of roasted eggplants, red [...]

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Are you ready for the Lenten discipline of celebrating those who have gone before?

February 19, 2013
Christine Sine

– by Tom Sine – “Ashes to ashes” are the words I heard again on Ash Wednesday last week as my pastor placed an ash cross on my forehead.  As I turn 77 this week I am much more aware of my mortality than I was a decade ago. Christine led a very inspirational retreat [...]

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