Christian community — Mustard Seed Associates

How do you plan to celebrate life after Easter 2013?

March 28, 2013

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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Don’t be Intimidated, be Inspired!

March 25, 2013

– by Andy Wade – That’s right, Don’t be intimidated, be inspired! Those are the words I’m hearing right now and I want to share with you. Often times we hear about all the amazing things people are doing and, because we’re just getting started, we feel intimidated, overwhelmed, and stuck. But it doesn’t have [...]

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Gangster Gardening

March 10, 2013

– by Andy Wade – Gangster Gardening. That’s what South Central LA resident, Ron Finley, said was needed to transform his neighborhood. Perhaps it’s also the attitude we need to take on as we look for creative ways to build sustainable-living communities. Like so many urban centers, there’s a lack of fresh, healthy foods and [...]

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missional communities – something’s going on!

November 23, 2012

– by jonny baker – something really interesting continues to bubble up in the church in the uk – small missional communities. yesterday there was a gathering in london diocese of around 30 groups like this and church plants. and well done the diocese for encouraging such a gathering! i don’t want to create a [...]

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Power to the People!

November 21, 2012

by Steve Kimes – While Linda was on the street, she was always called “Mom,” especially by the young street kids. She was a grandmother who adores little ones, but don’t get in her way. She’ll tell you what she thinks of you without hesitation, and she’ll keep all the young ones in line. The [...]

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Kingdom of God?

November 16, 2012

by Andy Wade — Our good friends over at Parish Collective recently posted a new video from Sean Gladding (The Story of God, the Story of Us: Getting Lost and Found in the Bible.) What is the Kingdom of God? Where is the Kingdom of God? How we answer those questions significantly shapes how we [...]

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

November 14, 2012

by Steve Kimes – Years ago there was a group of churches, all of whom had food ministries to the poor of one sort or another, and we were discussing how to do our ministries better. The question came up: how can we minister to the poor who come to us? They aren’t looking to [...]

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Subversive Localism

November 9, 2012

Our good friends over at Parish Collective have posted another great interview, this time with the Mennonite Worker’s (formerly Missio Dei), Mark Van Stenwyk. What do you think about Mark’s radical localism? Do you resonate at all with Mark’s comment, “Problems in our world don’t primarily stem from a lack of action…underneath it all is [...]

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Welcoming Home

November 7, 2012

by Steve Kimes – Joan and Cliff walked in late to the worship service. Their clothes had holes, and who knows when the last time was Joan had brushed her pink-dyed hair? During the prayer service, Joan stood up and explained that she and Cliff were about to lose their housing and that they needed [...]

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Neighbors and Wise Men – book review

October 26, 2012

by Andy Wade – Every encounter is cross-cultural. I’ve believed this for a long time, and Tony Kriz’s new book, Neighbors and Wise Men, only reinforces that belief. It’s difficult, perhaps impossible at times, to recognize the assumptions we bring into each encounter; how they shape our perceptions and thus, our conversations. Tony’s book is [...]

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