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• Their One Good Son Winners Never Quit By Tristan McDaniel  I first heard... More »
• Invitation to Inspired Imagination by Tom Sine God is stirring up the imaginations of artists, musicians and ordinary people around the world to give creative... More »

• Book Review: Not for Sale By G. Stephen Goode, YWAM Thailand originally published as an Amazon Customer Review, March 9, 2007. Used with permission from the... More »
• Film Review: A Walk to Beautiful by Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I recently was invited to view a film called A Walk to Beautiful with some... More »
• Book Review of Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Timothy Friend, Friends church pastor in California This review was originally written for the... More »
• The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Book review by Don Holsinger, Professor of... More »
• Home Is Where the Heart Is: Israel and Palestine—Whose Promised Land? Whose Land? Whose Promise?: What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians Book review by Lindsay Lackey There... More »

• Why Do We Need a Rule of Life? by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Why a rule of life, you might ask? We sense that God’s spirit is currently... More »

• The House: A New Hybrid in Seattle By Eric Likkel, Northwest Hothouse Churches come in all shapes and sizes. In the emerging stream of church planting, groups intentionally... More »
• Quest Church in Seattle, WA Quest Church in Seattle is an innovative multicultural church plant in Seattle that reaches out to their community in creative... More »
• Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN Sanctuary Covenant Church is an example of a Mosaic church plant that has created a richly multicultural community learning to... More »
• Life Covenant Church – A Missional Example by Tim Morey, Pastor Describe the small group of those who joined you at the beginning and the date you launched. Life... More »

• Why Do We Need a Rule of Life? by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Why a rule of life, you might ask? We sense that God’s spirit is currently... More »
• MSA Conversations - Sharing our stories and hopes By Eliacín Rosario-Cruz “Hablando la gente se entiende,” (People understand each other by talking) goes a popular Puerto Rican adage, while... More »
• Imagining a Celtic Community for Sustainable Spirituality and Life By Tom Sine We seem to be racing headlong into increasingly uncertain times as the costs of food and fuel soar... More »
• Reflection: A Year at the Mustard Seed House By Anneke Geel When Peter and I and moved into the Mustard Seed House, we didn’t know whether it would... More »
• Peace Tree Community by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates, I had the opportunity to spend three days with the Peace Tree Community in Perth,... More »
• Transferring the Excess An interview with Our House Community By Judy Naegeli, Mustard... More »
• A Community of the Broken Among the Broken:An Attempt at Participating in the Incarnation by Christopher L. Heuertz One of the places where I often feel closest to God is in the children’s section of... More »
• Family, Embracing Brokenness, and Entering the Worship Circle by Aaron Strumpel My heart beats today with a faster pace than blood can flow My heart beats today with a fevered... More »

• Meeting Jesus in Lake City by Peter Ilgenfritz, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle Peter tells this story to the group at the Friday evening... More »

• Kids in "Crackland" Our names are Kelly and Marcelo, both of us are 28 years old and we have been married for 18... More »
• Planting Post-Conference Mustard Seeds by Penny Carothers, Burnside Writers Collective Earlier this month hundreds of people gathered in Seattle for the New Conspirators conference. Most... More »
• So What Is a Fresh Expression? (And Other Key Questions…) by Rev. Dr. Steven Croft, Team Leader of Fresh Expressions UK So what is a fresh expression of church? For many years... More »
• Emergent Village and Full Communion by Dwight J. Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, “Mars Hill Graduate School“, Seattle, WA Toward an Understanding of Emergent Village Emergent... More »
• The Emerging Church in the UK – Personal Reflections by Ian Mobsby, Moot Community, Westminster, London, UK Background about the Emerging Church in the UK Because culture in the UK is... More »
• The New Conspirators: The Emerging Church: Touring the Emerging Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates As we race into a very uncertain future, the Western Church is facing some daunting... More »
• Invitation to Inspired Imagination by Tom Sine God is stirring up the imaginations of artists, musicians and ordinary people around the world to give creative... More »

• Missio Dei: The Idealism of a Messy Three-Year-Old By Mark Van Steenwyk www.missio-dei.com A few years ago, my wife and I, along with a handful of friends, started a church... More »
• Emerging Women Finding Their Voice By Julie Clawson, co-pastor of Via Christus Community Church To the Men of the Emerging Church: I wonder what the deal really... More »
• So What Is a Fresh Expression? (And Other Key Questions…) by Rev. Dr. Steven Croft, Team Leader of Fresh Expressions UK So what is a fresh expression of church? For many years... More »
• All Things Emerging Down Under from a conversation with Fuzz Kitto, Spirited Consulting The emerging church movement in Australia and New Zealand has two major paths.... More »
• Emergent Village and Full Communion by Dwight J. Friesen, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, “Mars Hill Graduate School“, Seattle, WA Toward an Understanding of Emergent Village Emergent... More »
• The Emerging Church in the UK – Personal Reflections by Ian Mobsby, Moot Community, Westminster, London, UK Background about the Emerging Church in the UK Because culture in the UK is... More »
• The New Conspirators: The Emerging Church: Touring the Emerging Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates As we race into a very uncertain future, the Western Church is facing some daunting... More »

• MSA: A Network of Communities The Mustard Seed team is in the process of reimagining MSA more as a network of communities and individuals that... More »
• I am a Wasteland A Lenten Reflection by Lindsay Lackey I am a wasteland, desolate desert of rock and bramble. My stones do not nourish;... More »
• The Joy of Easter Sunday By Christine Sine Easter Sunday is a totally different experience from the agony of Good Friday. For some, the festivities begin... More »
• The New Conspirators - Modern Monasticism by Tom Sine God is doing something new through a new generation of conspirators that we can all learn from and... More »

• Following Jesus in Uncertain Times by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reportedly almost 80,000 people have lost their lives in the horrific cyclone that struck Myanmar... More »
• Preparing the Global Poor in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Global Poor “The global food crisis has... More »
• Preparing the Middle Class For Life in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Middle Class Bill Stevens has worked very hard... More »
• Hope Force Int'l: One Person Can Make a Difference by Jack and Cherie Minton, founders of Hope Force International Tsunamis… Hurricanes… Floods… Earthquakes… Fires… Most of us have found ourselves watching... More »

• Women's Activities in Agros Communities ©2007 by Agros International. Used with permission. Agros’ programs address the needs of women and children by creating a positive... More »
• Two Easily Ignored Stories by Megan Jones Ady RAKAI, UGANDA—“There are many child-led households in southern Uganda due to the high mortality rate from AIDS.” This... More »
• Submitting to the Healing of Love by Kristin Keen, Word Made Flesh ©2008 by Word Made Flesh. Used with permission. I had a vision at a recent... More »
• The World's Women Need Our Help! by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates “The church’s challenge for the 20th century was the equality of women,” proclaimed the speaker... More »
• Book Review: Not for Sale By G. Stephen Goode, YWAM Thailand originally published as an Amazon Customer Review, March 9, 2007. Used with permission from the... More »
• Film Review: A Walk to Beautiful by Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I recently was invited to view a film called A Walk to Beautiful with some... More »
• A Prayer for the World's Women by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Jesus Christ, word made flesh, incarnate presence of God, You were born of a woman and... More »
• Emerging Women Finding Their Voice By Julie Clawson, co-pastor of Via Christus Community Church To the Men of the Emerging Church: I wonder what the deal really... More »

• Interview with Pastor James (Missional Church) MSA: Would you describe the Capitol Hill neighborhood? JK: Capitol Hill was “the suburbs” 100 years ago. Now it’s an inner-city... More »
• Abolishing Human Trafficking The Statistics Trafficking of persons is modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. United... More »

• Mustard Seed vs. Mega-church By Eileen Hansen, Trinity Lutheran Church In a religious landscape that celebrates the “mega,” Trinity Lutheran Church conceived and freed a... More »
• The New Conspirators: Missional Church The Missional Stream – Consider Moving Missional to the Center of Congregational Life by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates While the emerging... More »
• The New Conspirators: Mosaic Church: Intro to the Mosaic Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates In the UK, more churches were planted in the last seven years than Starbucks were... More »
• Book Review of Alan Hirsch’s The Forgotten Ways The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Timothy Friend, Friends church pastor in California This review was originally written for the... More »
• Interview with Pastor James (Missional Church) MSA: Would you describe the Capitol Hill neighborhood? JK: Capitol Hill was “the suburbs” 100 years ago. Now it’s an inner-city... More »
• Life Covenant Church – A Missional Example by Tim Morey, Pastor Describe the small group of those who joined you at the beginning and the date you launched. Life... More »
• Integral Mission in Latin America by Tomas Yaccino La Red del Camino para la Misión Integral en America Latina In Latin America, a small but growing... More »

• Signs of a New Monasticism By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove The 20th century Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote that the life of “every Christian is signed with the... More »

• The New Conspirators > Festival of the Imagination by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz The New Conspirators…What in the World is God Doing? What in the world is God doing? God is conspiring... More »

• The Voice of MSA: The Seed Sampler by Judy Naegeli, MSA team In one of my vain attempts to clear some space in the office computer’s hard drive,... More »
• A Meeting For Discernment from Bruce Bishop, co-author of Practicing Discernment Together Most traditional meetings are task-oriented. There is limited time to meet, so there... More »
• Emergency Preparedness RESOURCES from the June issue of the Seed Sampler DISASTER RELIEF Church World Service, www.churchworldservice.org World Relief, www.wr.org World Concern, www.worldconcern.org World Vision, www.wvi.org World Food Programme,... More »
• Hope Force Int'l: One Person Can Make a Difference by Jack and Cherie Minton, founders of Hope Force International Tsunamis… Hurricanes… Floods… Earthquakes… Fires… Most of us have found ourselves watching... More »

• Lent and Easter in the Orthodox Christian Tradition By Denny Sellen, Seattle University Lent, literally “spring” in Anglo-Saxon, is not simply a preparation for the Feast of Easter,... More »
• Quest Church in Seattle, WA Quest Church in Seattle is an innovative multicultural church plant in Seattle that reaches out to their community in creative... More »
• Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN Sanctuary Covenant Church is an example of a Mosaic church plant that has created a richly multicultural community learning to... More »

• Wanjiku’s Long Safari Adapted from a story by Father Joseph Donders, M.Afr. There is a story about a certain East African woman named... More »
• Racism Is In the Eye of the Beholder By David Park, Next Gener.Asian Church (.com) blogger Racism is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t say this as... More »
• Integral Mission in Latin America by Tomas Yaccino La Red del Camino para la Misión Integral en America Latina In Latin America, a small but growing... More »
• The Native American Question: What Do European Christians Give Up of Their Culture(s)? By Terri LeBlanc, Executive Director of My People International and Chair of the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies “What... More »
• Indigenous Peoples and Christianity Indigenous people have always struggled to relate to “civilized” nations. For example, Congregational missionaries who traveled from the US to... More »

• Family, Embracing Brokenness, and Entering the Worship Circle by Aaron Strumpel My heart beats today with a faster pace than blood can flow My heart beats today with a fevered... More »

• Join the Conversation After reading The New Conspirators. What might be the consequences of inviting God to ignite our imaginations and those of the... More »
• Planting Post-Conference Mustard Seeds by Penny Carothers, Burnside Writers Collective Earlier this month hundreds of people gathered in Seattle for the New Conspirators conference. Most... More »
• Meeting Jesus in Lake City by Peter Ilgenfritz, University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle Peter tells this story to the group at the Friday evening... More »
• Reflections on The New Conspirators Conference By Jonathan Brink, Thrive Ministries Every once in a great while an event comes along that intrigues me enough that... More »

• Missio Dei: The Idealism of a Messy Three-Year-Old By Mark Van Steenwyk www.missio-dei.com A few years ago, my wife and I, along with a handful of friends, started a church... More »
• Signs of a New Monasticism By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove The 20th century Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote that the life of “every Christian is signed with the... More »
• The New Conspirators - Modern Monasticism by Tom Sine God is doing something new through a new generation of conspirators that we can all learn from and... More »

• God whose glory fill ours world - Litany   By Christine Sine  God whose glory fills our world, God... More »
• Two Easily Ignored Stories by Megan Jones Ady RAKAI, UGANDA—“There are many child-led households in southern Uganda due to the high mortality rate from AIDS.” This... More »
• A Prayer for the World's Women by Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Jesus Christ, word made flesh, incarnate presence of God, You were born of a woman and... More »
• Easter Celebration: From Despair to Joy By Christine Sine, Mustard Seed Associates No festival in the Christian calendar is more dramatic than Easter with its incredible... More »
• The Joy of Easter Sunday By Christine Sine Easter Sunday is a totally different experience from the agony of Good Friday. For some, the festivities begin... More »
• The Peace of God By Christine Sine This last weekend we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit into our... More »

• What's Going On at MSA? - August 2008 Seed Sampler: Here again is the annual update of MSA—what’s happened in the last year and where we hope to go. 2007-2008... More »
• The Voice of MSA: The Seed Sampler by Judy Naegeli, MSA team In one of my vain attempts to clear some space in the office computer’s hard drive,... More »
• Introducing "The Revolution Starts At Home" By Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I read lots of really good books about simplicity, ecology, raising children, etc., that really... More »
• MSA Conversations - Sharing our stories and hopes By Eliacín Rosario-Cruz “Hablando la gente se entiende,” (People understand each other by talking) goes a popular Puerto Rican adage, while... More »
• God whose glory fill ours world - Litany   By Christine Sine  God whose glory fills our world, God... More »
• Imagining a Celtic Community for Sustainable Spirituality and Life By Tom Sine We seem to be racing headlong into increasingly uncertain times as the costs of food and fuel soar... More »
• Reflection: A Year at the Mustard Seed House By Anneke Geel When Peter and I and moved into the Mustard Seed House, we didn’t know whether it would... More »
• MSA: A Network of Communities The Mustard Seed team is in the process of reimagining MSA more as a network of communities and individuals that... More »
• The world's women need our help - Seed Sampler July 08 The status of women varies enormously from one part of the world to another, but there are few places in... More »
• Women's Activities in Agros Communities ©2007 by Agros International. Used with permission. Agros’ programs address the needs of women and children by creating a positive... More »

• Preparing the Middle Class For Life in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Middle Class Bill Stevens has worked very hard... More »

• Following Jesus in Uncertain Times by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Reportedly almost 80,000 people have lost their lives in the horrific cyclone that struck Myanmar... More »
• Preparing the Global Poor in Uncertain Times by Penny Carothers and Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates Anticipating New Challenges Facing the Global Poor “The global food crisis has... More »
• Racism Is In the Eye of the Beholder By David Park, Next Gener.Asian Church (.com) blogger Racism is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t say this as... More »
• The Native American Question: What Do European Christians Give Up of Their Culture(s)? By Terri LeBlanc, Executive Director of My People International and Chair of the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies “What... More »
• Indigenous Peoples and Christianity Indigenous people have always struggled to relate to “civilized” nations. For example, Congregational missionaries who traveled from the US to... More »
• The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East Book review by Don Holsinger, Professor of... More »
• Home Is Where the Heart Is: Israel and Palestine—Whose Promised Land? Whose Land? Whose Promise?: What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians Book review by Lindsay Lackey There... More »
• “Jerusalem Stories” Humanize the Other Reprinted with permission from Peacebuilder Magazine, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University. First printed in Peacebuilder, (Fall/Winter 2006) In... More »
• The Peace of God By Christine Sine This last weekend we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit into our... More »
• The Modern Middle East: Can the Kingdom come in a world of realpolitik? By James Lee The Middle East has long been a politically tense region where tribalism, infighting, foreign occupation, and the machinations... More »

• A Meeting For Discernment from Bruce Bishop, co-author of Practicing Discernment Together Most traditional meetings are task-oriented. There is limited time to meet, so there... More »
• Submitting to the Healing of Love by Kristin Keen, Word Made Flesh ©2008 by Word Made Flesh. Used with permission. I had a vision at a recent... More »

• The New Conspirators: Missional Church The Missional Stream – Consider Moving Missional to the Center of Congregational Life by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates While the emerging... More »
• The New Conspirators: Mosaic Church: Intro to the Mosaic Stream by Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Associates In the UK, more churches were planted in the last seven years than Starbucks were... More »

• What's Going On at MSA? - August 2008 Seed Sampler: Here again is the annual update of MSA—what’s happened in the last year and where we hope to go. 2007-2008... More »
• What's Going at MSA May Seed Sampler: 20somethings living Faithfully This issues of the Seed Sampler is dedicated to Twentysomethings living, alternatively, creatively and faithfully. We... More »
• that's right, MSA has a new website! Yes, you are in the right place. This is the new online home of Mustard Seed Associates. We’ve done some pruning... More »
• The New Conspirators > Festival of the Imagination by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz The New Conspirators…What in the World is God Doing? What in the world is God doing? God is conspiring... More »

• Introducing "The Revolution Starts At Home" By Ricci Kilmer, Mustard Seed Associates I read lots of really good books about simplicity, ecology, raising children, etc., that really... More »
• that's right, MSA has a new website! Yes, you are in the right place. This is the new online home of Mustard Seed Associates. We’ve done some pruning... More »

• Not the World - Just Camdem By Danny Kam, Azusa Pacific University  I... More »