This morning I read an interesting article from YES magazine entitled Relearning the Skills of Community. As I read about their check in time, and provision of mutual support I thought –…
This morning’s post is by Ruth Valerio Community activist, Christian, academic, eco-warrior, mum, author, veg grower, wife and pig keeper rolled into one. She lives with her husband and two daughters in…
Tom and I have just returned from one of our quarterly retreats. These usually focus on our personal lives and the direction we sense God is nudging us into for…
In the last few years economic turmoil, natural disasters and an ongoing wave of war, conflict and uncertainty have shattered our confidence in the future. Many of us laughed at…
As many of you know the MSA has spent the last two days in planning meetings working towards a three year strategic plan. I wrote yesterday that one of our…
The Mustard Seed Associates team is in the midst of an important time of strategic planning. At first I struggled even with the concept of strategic planning. Not only are…
The MSA September Seed Sampler is out. This month’s title is The Future of the Family. There are some great articles which you can link to directly below Related FAMILIES…
This morning I read with interest this article on Three Cultural Trends Impacting Church Leadership. The trends identified are Influence in, power out Creativity in, corporate out Networking in, email…
Yesterday I participated in a synchroblog on What is Emerging? referring to the emerging church movement and the changes we see happening in our churches and faith communities. It was…
