By Lilly Lewin Last week, my freerangefriday post was our devotion from our thinplaceNASHVILLE gathering where we follow the lectionary readings and are looking into the gospel of Matthew. In…
By Talitha Fraser — It was back in 2008 that I first came to know of a radical discipleship community known as “Seeds” (www.seeds.org.au). This was a network of small…
When you get a hole in your sock, do you mend it or throw it away? In the Tenderloin district in San Francisco (CA), college art teacher Michael Swaine sews socks,…
This morning’s post on hospitality is written by my good friend and mentor of many years Fay Williams. Fay and her husband Alan were an important part of the leadership…
This report from The Barna Group on how Americans perceive the impact of churches in their communities is interesting. Although public skepticism of religion has become increasingly commonplace, a new…
The January 2011 MSA Seed Sampler is out. The future of missions is global! Not global in the sense of the old bastions of Christian power and missionary efforts from…
It is the Eve of Epiphany, and we are entering the season during which we celebrate the many ways in which Jesus both was and is still revealed in our…
Tom and I are now in Britain where the entire population is staggering under the drastic budget cuts that have just been announced. These are the most severe cuts since…
The MSA Seed Sampler for May is now available. it addresses issues of social entrepreneurship and microfinance When many people think about entrepreneurship they think “small business”. Some may also…
A couple of weeks ago I commented on the fact that I had just started reading Friendship at the Margins by Christopher Heuertz and Christine Pohl. I don’t usually take…
