Give away half of your possessions– beginning next week.
Next Tuesday we will launch our experiment for November around the value of SIMPLICITY.We will be starting with a workshop call SIMPLIFY next Tuesday night, followed by a 4-week experiment called Have2Give1. We will do some very practical things to simplify our lives and free up resources to help some of the poorest people on the planet. You can register for this experiment here: http://simplify09.eventbri

The Jesus Dojo: A Path to Action, Community and Change: How to start your own Jesus-inspired group e
The Jesus Dojo: A Path to Action, Community and Change: How to start your own Jesus-inspired  group experiments October 29th 6:30-9:30 P.M. Cost: $15-$40 (sliding scale) Register at http://jesusdojo.eventbrite.com/ So many of us want to live in the Way of Jesus—pursuing a life that is deeply soulful, connected to our real needs and good news to our world.  Yet so often our methods of spiritual formation are individualistic, information driven or disconnected from every day life. We are simply not experiencing the kind of transformation that is the historically expected result of the Christ phenom

Five myths of community
Listen to a podcast of a recent talk at Flood Sacramento here.

ReIMAGINE! EVENTS FOR OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER
For me, the liminality of autumn, more than any season, triggers delicious nostalgia and strange hope. Something about the chill in the air and the shortening of days evokes the temporality of life and the fullness of time. It is a season of harvest energy. In early September nearly 30 people crowded into our Mission District house to explore and connect around what ReIMAGINE is up to. And on September 15th we began The ABOLITION PROJECT, which includes community outreach work with S.A.G.E. in San Francisco neighborhoods where trafficking is known to occur. You can read my reflection about recent Experiences in Brothels and Strip Clubs. Here:

Recent experiences in brothels and strip clubs: The connection between human trafficking and sexual
My apologies for the somewhat raw, visceral and melodramatic nature of this reflection on my experience in week two of The ABOLITION PROJECT: Last Tuesday workers from S.A.G.E. (Standing Against Global Exploitation) spoke at our ABOLITION Project meeting about their work supporting victims of human  trafficking in San Francisco. I learned that 43% of trafficking victims in California are transported through the Bay Area. Cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas function as regional trade hubs for women seduced or coerced into prostitution. Mollie, trafficking project manager for S.A.G.E, explained that there are myths surrounding sex and prostitution that