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Big Tent Christianity – Living the Gospel Now

Big Tent Christianity is hosting a synchroblog this week in conjunction with their conference in Raleigh NC in September.  The theme is What does “big tent Christianity” mean to you? What does it look...

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Big Tent Synchroblog

Last week I contributed to the synchroblog for Big Tent Christianity a conference coming up in Raleigh NC September 8,9.  There are a fascinating series of articles going up here that i would heartily...

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Dancing Outside the Box – Entertaining Angels Unaware

I am sitting at our dining room table this morning thinking about how often we miss out on the lavishness of God’s grace and mercy in our lives because we are too busy to listen or too set in our ways...

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Podcast with Missional Monks

On Saturday I had the opportunity to record a podcast with Missional Monks Chris and Brett.   It deals particularly with the challenges of sustaining faith and spiritual practices in today’s world....

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Parish Collective – Learning to Belong to A Place

Last night we met with Paul Sparks, Dwight Friesen and Ben Katt involved in the Parish Collective here in the Pacific NW as well as Steve Knight from the Transform network.  It was an exciting time of...

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What is Worship?

Alternative worship – infinite creativity, transformation possible I hosted a blog series over the summer on worshipping God in the real world.  To be honest I was a little disappointed with the...

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What's Taking Root in Our Area: Announcing Pacific Northwest Sustainability...

This morning I was reading some of the posts on a new facebook group I have been added to called Emergent Village Community. Someone had just asked the question :What’s good/thriving/taking root in...

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Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus – A YouTube Phenomenon

This video that was posted just a week ago on Youtube has taken the world by storm with over 15 million viewings in just over a week. It certainly made me think and has obviously made others think too....

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Snapshot Inhabit 2012 – Andrew Wade

Inhabit is over. Great fun, great fellowship with friends old and new and much to think about. Here is a snapshot from MSA team member Andrew Wade. A great event to be a part of. Will let you know as...

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Why Being Spiritual may be More Important Than Being Religious by Rob Rynders

Yesterday my friend Steve night posted a link to this video. It seemed so appropriate in our discussion of creating sacred space that I thought many of you would appreciate it too. Sacred space as...

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A Church In Search of a Hopeful Future in a Polarized World

by Tom Sine In my post last week, I invited you to meet and celebrate the decision by the Evangelical Covenant church in 2000 to become a multiracial church. What I didn’t tell you is that for the...

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Prepping Gen Next for Recession Next

by Tom Sine Clearly, recovering from the Corona Pandemic is going much slower than many of us had hoped for. Economists are asking the urgently important questions about what kind of an economic future...

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2020s Foresight Book Released Today

by Tom Sine In 2020s Foresight: Three Vital Practices for Thriving in a Decade of Accelerating Change, Dwight J. Friesen and I provide Christian leaders with essential resources for life-planning and...

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Join in an Immediate Response to the Pandemic Recession Now!

by Tom Sine Anticipating the Incoming Waves of Food & Housing Crises for Families through 2025 All of us are struggling through a deadly Pandemic that has taken over 210,000 lives in the United...

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RU Ready for 2021 & Beyond?

by Tom Sine Many of us are still struggling with all of the challenges of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, the closure of schools, parents searching for food to feed their children and Zoom worship...

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A Prayer for Pentecost

Here is a litany adapted from the morning and evening prayers that we use at the Mustard Seed House.  I think that it is an appropriate one to use for Pentecost _____________________________________...

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Social Media and the Church

Bosco Peters made me aware of these videos recently which are very sobering news for all of us who aspire to communicate our message to others and really does make me wonder how effective our social...

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