Simplicity isn’t Simple.

May 7, 2013
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– by Christine Sine – For the last five year’s my husband, Tom and I have taken what we call the $2 challenge during the season of Lent. For at least one week of the season we restrict our food budget to $2 per person per day. It reminds us that half the world’s population still [...]

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Resurrection Has Begun! – MSA Imaginings March 2013

March 12, 2013
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MSA Imaginings March 2013 Resurrection has begun Easter may still be two weeks away but, here in Seattle with the bright yellow faces of daffodils smiling in the sunshine, and fragrant cherry blossoms blooming here at MSA we feel that resurrection has begun. New partnerships, opportunities for ministry tell us the anticipation of new life [...]

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Are you ready to embrace the new discipline of daily time in word and prayer as your first step in Living on Purpose in 2013?

January 17, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – Last week I asked:  “Are you ready to embrace new disciplines to follow Jesus in living on purpose in 2013?” This week I am asking: “Are you ready to embrace the new discipline of daily time in word and prayer as the first step in Living on Purpose in 2013?” [...]

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Activist Contemplation

January 10, 2013
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– with Christine Sine – “I discovered… the need for strong anchors that would make it possible for me to continue responding now matter how challenging the circumstances around me were…that is how I came into that balance between activism and contemplation, recognizing that it’s only in the place of deep contemplation that we often [...]

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Do you want to start the New Year by “living on purpose?”

January 3, 2013
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– by Tom Sine – Christine and I and our good friends Tom and Kim Balke had a lovely dinner last night in Vancouver BC with Alan and Jane Roxburgh, who heads The Missional Network. We are seeing serious economic uncertainty in many of our western countries as we enter 2013.  This means many of [...]

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Advent Video 2012: Allelujah, the Christ Child Comes!

November 9, 2012
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by Christine Sine – Waiting is never easy and often as we await the birth of Christ it is hard to keep our focus on the things that really matter at this season. This year’s Advent video focuses on the joy and anticipation that should fill our hearts during Advent. Below is a low quality [...]

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Return to Our Senses: Reimagining How We Pray

September 27, 2012
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Prayer is not about finding the right words to say to God, it is about waking up to God’s love which shines through every act, every object and every conversation. Anything that connects us to the love of God, or expresses our love for God is an act of prayer. Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures [...]

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