Don’t be Intimidated, be Inspired!

March 25, 2013
Love Bombs

– 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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How Not to be Imaginative

March 14, 2013
Inner Pirate

– by Cindy Todd – I like to call it “losing my inner pirate” Sure. You have one. We all do. To use the phraseology we’ve been getting accustomed to these past few weeks, it’s also losing touch with that Divine Spark we’ve been working to re-identify and re-ignite. Here are a few guaranteed ways [...]

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Gangster Gardening

March 10, 2013
Garden Fresh Vegetables

– 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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The Overflow Project: Q & A

March 8, 2013
The Overflow Project

Q & A with Founder and Executive Director, Brian “Wolt” Wolters The Overflow Project (TOP) is a non-profit organization changing lives through simple living and generous giving. Through a 50-Day Challenge that runs Easter – Pentecost, TOP encourages people to think twice about the money they spend each day and consider how they could contribute [...]

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Restoration Village Arts

February 25, 2013
RVA

– by Tracy Howe Wispelwey – After a decade of touring I began to seriously re-imagine my work as a performing songwriter and the director of a small nonprofit that has become the umbrella for international artistic collaboration and faith-based activism. In the last several years my husband, Seth, and I, along with a small [...]

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Igniting the Divine Spark

February 20, 2013
Cindy Todd - Igniting the Divine Spark

– by Cindy Todd – Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house Matthew 5:15 Many of you have likely read about my unlikely journey into soapmaking.  It was a pretty interesting path.  First unemployment [...]

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Embracing the Imagination of God

February 1, 2013
Hundertwasser House

–by Andy Wade– After spending time in the garden of my mind, planning this year’s garden (see earlier posts here and here) I was reminded of this post from two years ago. How do we create beauty in collaboration with the Creator? Are we willing to be daring in design? What would it look like [...]

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I Am But a Worm (part-2)

January 23, 2013

– by Andy Wade — In my last post I mentioned the amazing restorative possibilities of the lowly worm. There is a Worm Theology that is quite old. In the presence of God, I am nothing but a worm. There’s been a diversity of thought about how this plays out, from “ pity-poor me” to “without [...]

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Living on Purpose with New Disciplines in 2013

January 8, 2013
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by Tom Sine — Are you ready to embrace new disciplines to follow Jesus in living on purpose in 2013? Last week I asked: “Do you want to start the New Year by ‘living on purpose?’” I outlined one way you might begin to discern how to connect your life more directly to God’s loving [...]

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Super Soaper!

January 5, 2013
Cindy Todd - Snohomish Soap Company

– by Andy Wade – There I was, quietly sipping my morning coffee and reading the newspaper. Then it happened. A gulp, a snort, I just about had hot coffee shoot out my nostrils! While that’s not an uncommon response for me while reading the paper, this time it was because of a pleasant surprise! [...]

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