The Order of the Mustard Seed Podcast (Order of the Mustard Seed)

Pete is the Associate Convenor of the Order of the Mustard Seed. In this episode, we delve into the history of the 6 practices that shape our lives together, a history that is rooted in the early days of 24-7 Prayer and the Reading Boiler Room.

Jared is a pastor, spiritual director, and founder of the Order of the Common Life. In this conversation we talk about the Order he founded in the context of the Vineyard movement, the intersection of charismatic and contemplative streams, and spiritual formation for children. Jared is author of Imaginative Prayer: A Yearlong Guide to Your Child’s Spiritual Formation jaredpatrickboyd.com imaginativeprayer.com Twitter: @boydjared Instagram: @jaredpatrickboyd

Vicky and Brian Allen are OMS members living in Dunbar, Scotland. In this episode we chat together about hospitality, art, surfing, being faithful in the places we are planted, and how the OMS helps us to be the same ‘all the way through’, integrating our faith with all of life.

Roger Nix is a member of the OMS and pastor of Believers Community Church in Tulsa Oklahoma. In this extended podcast, we talk together about how leadership teams can become communities of discernment, who notice and respond to the presence and activity of Christ as He leads and builds His church.

Christian and Stefanie Wittwer are members of the OMS living in Switzerland. In this episode we will discuss their experiments in community living, hospitality, and the upcoming New Monastic Round Table (https://www.newmonasticroundtable.com/), and A300 (https://www.adventure300.com/), their training program for New Monastics.

John Bowen worked in university ministry for 25 years and taught Evangelism at Wycliffe College in Toronto, Canada. He is a speaker and author, and has just released a book The Unfolding Gospel (https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506471679/The-Unfolding-Gospel). In this episode we talk about the nature of the Gospel, its relationship to culture, and how we can in our current context take the Gospel to the nations.

Scotty Burns is a member of the OMS and a pastor in Portland, USA. In this episode we talk about his passion for mission, and how he integrates his life in the Order with his life in church leadership.

Steve and Vicki are members of the OMS and live in Adelaide, Australia. In this podcast we chat about their history with the 24-7 Prayer movement, Steve’s work in international relief and development, and the local community they are cultivating through random acts of coffee.

Steve and Vicki are members of the OMS and live in Adelaide, Australia. In this podcast we chat about their history with the 24-7 Prayer movement, Steve’s work in international relief and development, and the local community they are cultivating through random acts of coffee.

In this season of Advent, this month’s podcast is a biblical meditation on Luke 1:26-38. How might God want to birth holy things in and through us? Music by Richard Lyall.

Richard is a trustee of Ffald y Brenin Retreat Centre in Wales and author of the book, Cultivating the Presence of God. In this episode, we chat about the nature of New Monasticism, thin places, and developing a Rule of Life. https://ffald-y-brenin.org/product/cultivating-gods-presence/

Author and Pastor, Daniel’s latest book, the Power of Place, explores the modern application of the monastic vow of stability. ‘Saints are made somewhere’. In this episode, we chat about how we can discover the place where God wants to plant us, and how we can dig down deep, root and flourish there. https://www.thomasnelson.com/9781400212545/the-power-of-place/

Frances is a member of the OMS and is on the Seed Community Team at Waverley Abbey. In this episode we talk about how her commitment to be True to Christ is connected with God’s personal invitation to her to singleness.

Nina Schuurman Drenth is an OMS member, pastoral intern, and artist. In this episode we discuss how the OMS has been helpful for her spiritual formation in her 20’s.

Graham Stuart is a member of the OMS and a cardiologist in Bristol, England. In this episode we talk about his transatlantic rowing adventure and how his OMS vows shaped him and his team during that time.

Hanneli Rupert-Koegelenberg – Hanneli is a member from the OMS in South Africa. In this episode, we talk about how the OMS Prayer watches helped her grow in prayer and in community, and how the OMS helped her discover and explore her creativity!

Lisa is National Prayer Director for 24-7 Prayer USA and is a member of the OMS. In this episode we talk about her work in justice and racial reconciliation.

OMS and Celtic Christianity. This episode is a conversation between OMS member Steve Silvester and Canon Michael Mitton, author of ‘Restoring the Woven Cord - Strands of Celtic Christianity for the Church today’. Together they will talk about how Celtic Christianity can inform and support us in our OMS Vows and Practices.

Over 100 people joined the Order of the Mustard Seed this year in vow ceremonies at the Belfast Gathering and around the world. Join us for this special edition podcast as Pete Greig and Jill Weber share with us more about what it means.

Dr. Keith Foster – Keith oversees the Contemporary Chaplaincy program at Waverley Abbey College and in this episode we draw connections between the work of chaplaincy and the 6 practices. How can contemporary chaplaincy be a useful framework for us as we respond to God’s invitation to be true, be kind, and to go? For more information on chaplaincy check out this link: https://www.waverleyabbeycollege.ac.uk/contemporary-chaplaincy and watch this video https://youtu.be/BTnRsdGkTyU.

Sister Sally is a Benedictine nun from Mucknell Abbey – in our conversation we talk about her life of prayer, radical hospitality, and living in the love of Jesus.

In this first of a two part podcast, Phil Anderson, author of Lord of the Ring, shares his vision for how we build covenant communities as a strong foundation for sharing life together.

In the second of this two-part podcast, Phil Anderson, author of Lord of the Ring, considers how we can take the vibrant spiritual and practical lives of the Moravian missional communities as a model for OMS communities in the 21st century.

David Smith is an OMS member from the Waverley Abbey Area. David was an pilgrimage enthusiast until he suffered from a life altering stroke. In this episode David shares his passion for pilgrimage, and the creative ways he makes pilgrimage available to all. For more information about David's pilgrimages you can go to these sites: [1] This is an introduction the concept of “virtual pilgrimage”. https://pilgrimageoftheword.org.uk/blog/blog-aug-2023 [2] The link to the whole site is here, from which the above comes... https://pilgrimageoftheword.org.uk/ [3] This link is from Treacle Abbey website developed with a friend during Covid. The format of the pilgrimages is slightly different to the current Pilgrimage of the Word. However, they give a good idea of what we are hoping to develop further on new site. http://treacleabbey.wikidot.com/completed

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Order of the Mustard Seed Podcast! In this episode we interview Pete Greig, one of the founders of 24-7 Prayer. Pete reflects on God’s invitation to he and a group of friends to take vows in the Order about twelve years ago. Their response to that invitation that has significantly shaped their lives ever since. Pete also shares the present vision and trajectory of the Order.

This episode we interview Sue Carr from Ontario, Canada. Sue is a member of the OMS and the Executive Director of 541 Eatery and Exchange, a social enterprise cafe in an impoverished neighbourhood. Sue issues a winsome invitation to a lifestyle of hospitality.

This episode we interview Ray Simpson, author, educator, and founding Guardian of the International Community of Aidan and Hilda. Ray talks with Peter Giokas, our OMS Candidate Overseer, about the importance and practice of soul friends and spiritual direction.

A member of the OMS, Calle is a paramedic in Gothenburg, Sweden. In this episode he will share how after he took his vows, God invited him to make some dramatic lifestyle changes, including swapping an expensive car for a bicycle!

Emma and Mike are members of the OMS living in Gothenburg, Sweden. In this podcast they talk about how their interest in new monasticism led them to joining the Order, and how their children taught them about mission.

David Witt is a member of the OMS living in Hamilton Canada. In this episode we talk together about the growing number of OMS members in his city and their exploration of how they might enrich the many local congregations they are part of.

Daniel and Rachel are members of the OMS living and working in Asia. In this episode they will talk about how important it’s been for them to be on the journey as a couple, and how living into their vows has reignited their love for those they care for in their context.

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Abraham speaks six languages and has championed the Gospel on five continents. Currently he serves as a missionary to Canada and is a member of the OMS. In this episode he will tell his passion for bringing the Gospel to the nations.

Widmark and Diane are members of the OMS living in Hamilton, Canada. In this episode they discuss the spiritual practice of pilgrimage, sharing stories not only from a pilgrimage to the Holy Isle of Lindisfarne, but also how the practice has worked it’s way into their everyday lives.

Our two favourite Zinzendorf geeks, Phil Anderson and Andy Griffiths, discuss together the historic events on August 13, 1727 that sparked 100 years of prayer in Herrnhut and the subsequent Moravian missions movement

Phil Anderson is a member of the OMS and author of the book about Zinzendorf and the Moravians entitled Lord of the Ring. As someone who has deeply explored the roots of the Moravian movement, Phil encourages us to become more deeply rooted in Christ day by day in pursuit of true Kingdom fruitfulness.

Canon Andy Griffiths has been an English teacher, a very ineffective waiter, a theological college director and a Vicar; he now trains ministers for the Church of England in East London and Essex and tweets quotations from or about Zinzendorf, the eighteenth century theologian, at @zinzendorf4u. Andy's book "Refusing to be Indispensable: Vacating the Centre of Church Life" can be purchased from Grove Books here: https://goo.gl/ysyJ1J

Pete Greig discusses what it means to make a vow to God, showing its connection to the Biblical teaching of covenant, and honestly addresses the concerns and fears that many Christians might have about making vows.

Ian Nicholson is the Chaplain of the Woking Football Club and a member of the OMS. In this episode he reflects on how his vows impact his life in football. Another video interview of Ian can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lveT53I9H48 and follow this link https://sportschaplaincy.org.uk/ for more information on sports chaplaincy.

Misty Bower and her husband Scott took vows in the OMS 14 years ago and it began a journey that took them through Europe for 5 years and then back to Guildford to dig into the practices of hospitality, learning and justice.

Ian Mobsby is Elected Prior of the Wellspring Community. Ian has been involved in New Monasticism for about thirty years, and a has a unique perspective in the movement in the UK and beyond. He shares with us his perspective on the opportunities God is giving us today to interface with the spiritual but not religious who are looking for communities of practice.

Susanna is a member of the OMS and also brings leadership to 24-7 Prayer in Switzerland. One of the early members of the Order, Susanna shares how the vows and practices have shaped her life in the last decade.

Erik Jesperson is the Director of Social Transformation at Emmaus Road Church and a member of the OMS. In this podcast we talk about his reservations about joining the Order and his exploration of the practice of hospitality.

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This month’s podcast is a biblical meditation on Matthew 11:28-30. The script is written by Karen Elliott Lowe from Hamilton, Canada and the music composition is by Richard Lyall from Liverpool, UK. Together let's reflect on and respond to God’s invitation to us.

Les is a member of the OMS, and Anglican vicar, and a theological professor based in Nigeria. Les talks about finding the OMS online, finding vital community and connection, and the power of commitments to shape a life.

Crystal Cryer is the leader of 24-7 Scotland and on the leadership team of the OMS. In this interview, Crystal talks about the unique spiritual formation that happens on retreat, and how the practice of creativity is an expression of hope.

Catherine Askew is part of the leadership of the Northumbria Community, a global disbursed community of about 450 members. In this episode, Catherine discusses how the Northumbria Community works to maintain cohesiveness amongst their far reaching and diverse community through elements such as prayer, a mother house, and a common liturgy (which most of us know as the Celtic Book of Daily Prayer).

Graham Tomlin is the Bishop of Kensington, the President of St. Mellitus College, and one of the official Visitors to the OMS. This podcast was recorded at the 2019 OMS Vow Ceremony in Belfast Ireland and in it Bishop Tomlin addresses healthy dynamics between religious orders and local churches.

In this episode, we join with Alison and Mike Davies, leaders of Urban Abbey, Nottingham, and Rev. Andrew Goodman, a chaplain at Luton University as they have a conversation about the spiritual practice of pilgrimage.

Jill Weber is one of the leaders of the OMS and this podcast is a talk she did at Emmaus Road Church on the value of a Rule of Life.

Gwen Groen is a member of the OMS, a stay at home and homeschooling mother of four, soon to be five, children. In this episode we talk about the practice of hospitality, the table, and spiritual formation in our families.

Special Edition: Jill Weber and Pete Greig as they discuss together: what is the invitation from God in this moment in history, and what is the unique contribution the OMS can bring to serve the church and love the world?

Mark Scandrette is an internationally respected teacher, leadership coach, and author of many books including Practicing the Way of Jesus. In this conversation, he and Jill talk about one of the biggest challenges in discipleship – how do we help people actually integrate Jesus’ teaching into their daily lifestyles? How do we help bridge the gap between information and transformation?

Mandi Hart is a member of the OMS and lives in Stellenbosch, South Africa. She’s a mum, runner, educator and writer. Her latest book is Courage in the Fire: Overcoming a Fear Driven Life. Mandi and I chat about writing, fear and creativity, and family spiritual formation.

Sue Hamilton is a member of the OMS and has been Jill Weber’s spiritual director for almost a decade. Join Jill and Sue in a lively conversation about spiritual direction and its benefits.

Jill Weber is beginning her second term as the leader of the OMS. Here is her talk from our Vow ceremony at the 24-7 Prayer Gathering: "Is There Life in the Seed?"

Lisa Milner Smith is a member of the OMS and a midwife in Scotland. In this conversation we chat about midwifery and accompaniment, and the way the Lord has used the OMS Prayer Watches to transform Lisa’s prayer life. And we get to hear from Bluebell the cat.

Phil Anderson is a member of the OMS and author of the book Lord of the Ring https://muddypearl.com/books/the-lord-of-the-ring In this interview Phil talks about his quest for the historic OMS, that fateful day on February 11, 2005 when some members of 24-7 prayer first took their vows in the re-constituted Order, and the way that his vows have shaped his life of discipleship.

24-7 Prayer in many contexts straddles Free Church and Episcopal traditions. More importantly we are ‘charismatic’ and both ‘monastic’ in orientation. We love both the gathered Church and embrace the importance of the rediscovery of Ephesians 4 ministries, including that of the apostle in today's Church. At the same time we believe that the rediscovery of monasticism and its contextualisation into contemporary culture is vital if we are going to see the revival of the church and the rewiring of the culture. Enter what we have often called ‘Aposto-monasticism’.

OMS Member Katharine Hill is the National Director of Care for the Family in the UK. In this episode she talks about her mission to families and their flourishing, and also gives her top three tips for building resilience in children! Next month Katharine is releasing her next book A Mind of Their Own – Building Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing in a Post Pandemic World.