The Mustard Seed House
The MSH is a small expression of Christ community in Seattle. Ours is an inter-generational new monastic, intentional Christian community formed people who want to live by the values of God’s Peaceble Kingdom. Our spirituality is partially rooted in ancient Celtic Christianity, with rhythms of work, prayer, hospitality, celebrations and relationships. We do not pretend to be monks or nuns. We want to respect and honor the practices of monasticism, by not taking these ancient traditions for granted.
We rather be than do. Therefore we are not big on programs. We honor one another by being present and taking our relationships very seriously. Because there are different levels of involvement and understanding about community, we are in the midst of conversation and prayer in order to live more fully and intentional as a community. We share different responsibilities and expenses around the house. We eat together every week and include an spiritual element to our night. This night is also a night to check on each other and discuss community related issues. In any given day you can find some of us chatting over coffee or working in our garden, which provide about 50% of the fruits and vegetables we consume. The core group get together frequently during the week to pray, check with each other, plan workdays, work on the garden, drink tea, talk about books, spirituality, Celtic Christianity, politics, art, world events and just hang out.
People at the MSH
- Tom & Christine Sine [Christine blogs at Godspace]
- Eliacin, Ricci, Catie & Gabriel Rosario-Kilmer [Eliacin blogs at Kingdom Praxis]
- Peter & Anneke Geel
- Plus our extended community of friends
Thoughts and Values
- For relationships for learning opportunity to experience intentional community (Christ Room)
- Celebrating New Generation, Life Events, Multicultural Celebrations, Church Calendar, Jewish Celebrations, within the neighborhood
- Eco-living
- Green Living
- Gardening
- Simplicity
- Whole-life Spirituality
- Household Rhythm
- Household Economics
The Mustard Seed House
- Pilgrimage
- Hospitality
- Celebration
- Nurturing Relationships
- Sustainable Living
- Rhythm of Living
- Solidarity with the Marginalized
My family and I are new to Seattle and I am attending Mars Hill Graduate School. We are very curious about intetional communities and have toured most of the co housing in the area. I was talking with Dwight Friesen one day at school and he asked if I had been in contact with you all. Indeed I have not, and now that I have seen you web page and read theough “the revolution starts at home” I am interested in following up with his suggestion to contact you. Charlie and I have two children Ethan 7 and Gracean 3. We are current ly living in temperary housing in Ballard. we have a desire to have conversations about dreaming of the future and how our family may be a part of something that is both meaningful and life giving. We would love to meet you folks. Thanks.
Crickette