Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Means and end

[Jason Stirnaman (j.stirnaman]

I'm sorry to be confusing.  I was actually speaking about cohousing
communities - probably one of the most well known is Jesus People USA in
Chicago.

 Here is an article on Christian Cohousing that Tom Sine wrote for
re:generation magazine
 http://www.regenerator.com/6.1/commune.html

Sine and his wife Christine work around the world as consultants to
churches, corporations, and missions organizations.  Their group is called
Mustard Seed Associates.  He's written quite alot about practical ways to
reinvent our lives, increase celebration and community, and how the
"American Dream" is unsustainable and ultimately empty.  Mustard Seed vs.
McWorld is, I believe, his latest book.  It's designed to be used as a group
study and is written in a very practical and sensible style.  In it he gives
analyses of globalization ('the race to the top'), world poverty, how the
western lifestyle contributes to poverty, and how the Western Church has
been misguided('the race to the bottom').  He calls for a reinvention of
Christian life and mission.  I would recommend anything he's written...of
course you don't know me.

Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Racheli&John
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:30 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: RE: [C-L]_Means and end


** Reply to note from "Jason Stirnaman" <j.stirnaman [at] gte.net> Sun, 11 Mar
2001 12:01:30 -0600
>From Racheli

Hi Jason,
You wrote:
> There are several Christian communities in the U.S. that I've heard of,
but
> forgotten their names and locations.  There are some in Europe and New
> Zealand/Australia as well.  Overall, I don't know how they compare in
number
> to "non-ideologically" driven projects, but I think they've been
successful.
> Tom Sine, a Christian futurist who is also active in the Simple Living
> movement, mentions a few in his book "Mustard Seed vs. McWorld."

Yeah, I know that there are many communities of different types
and stripes, but I wondered specifically about those who identify
themselves as *cohousing* communities.

BTW, Can you say a little more about the book by Tom Sine? - The title
sounds intriguing...

Thanks,
R.


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