Raise the Roof!

May 23, 2013
Mustard Seed Village classroom

Raise the Roof! Phase one classroom construction begins! We have great news! We are close to completing Phase One of our Mustard Seed Village construction! This weekend we will take the first step in putting a roof on our classroom in the Mustard Seed Village. A team of seven construction workers has volunteered their time [...]

Read the full article →

Companions in the Neighborhood

May 13, 2013
companion planting

– by Andy Wade – What does it mean to become a companion in the neighborhood? Many of you know that I’m an avid gardener. You probably also know by now that the garden is one of my favorite places to talk with God. It’s probably no surprise that, while sitting around tables at a [...]

Read the full article →

Wild Camano Tour!

May 9, 2013
Mustard Seed Village Garden

– by Christine Sine – The Wild Camano tour is over. On Saturday a small group of us gathered on the future site of the Mustard Seed Village on Camano island to tour the land, identify edible species and plant a beginning garden. It was an amazing experience. With the help of Nancy and Greg from [...]

Read the full article →

Be Still!

April 22, 2013
Thumbnail image for Be Still!

– by Andy Wade – I wrote this poem several years ago but it seemed somehow appropriate for Earth Day -perhaps we’re just to busy and distracted to notice or care.

Read the full article →

Missing Resurrection – reprise

April 9, 2013
Bee on dandilion

– by Andy Wade – 4/28/2012 (revision 4/5/2013) God smacked me upside the head with an amazing double rainbow the other day. The colors were so intense in one of the arcs that I could easily distinguish the many bands of color painted across the sky. I had to stop. I had to just stand [...]

Read the full article →

Let the Pie Work

March 9, 2013
MIB 3

– by Andy Wade – “My grandaddy always said, if you got a problem you can’t solve, it helps to get it out of your head.Pie. It’s good.” Following that advice I would gain a lot of weight! Those words from Men in Black III caught me off guard. But then when I stepped back [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

MacGyver Magic

March 7, 2013
Thumbnail image for MacGyver Magic

– by Cindy Todd – MacGyver…now there was a creative guy! Not sure how many of you recall the show, way back in the late 80′s early 90′s. MacGyver was some kind of secret government agent guy who was incredibly creative at problem solving. He could make a sound barrier to ward off the bad [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

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 [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries