CHRISTINE ARONEY-SINE M.D.

Christine Sine is Executive Director of Mustard Seed Associates a small organization founded by her and her husband Tom Sine to assist churches and Christian organizations to engage the challenges of the 21st Century. She speaks on issues relating to changing our timestyle and lifestyle to develop a more spiritual rhythm for lives, missions and health and women’s issues.

If you visit Tom and Christine in Seattle you might find her out in her garden harvesting luscious tomatoes. Or you might find her inside knitting a sweater or working on a new book on creating a liturgy of life. Christine and Tom and their golden retriever Bonnie love practicing hospitality and cooking food from all over the world. They particularly enjoy teaching people how to party the kingdom 24/7.

In a former life Christine trained as a physician in Australia and developed and directed the healthcare ministry for Mercy Ships. She still works as a consultant in international healthcare and travel medicine as well as conducting seminars to help prepare people for overseas mission service. She has worked in Africa, Asia, Central America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific.

She is the author of three books GodSpace: Time for Peace in the Rhythms of Life (Barclay Press 2006), Travel Well World Vision Resources 2005 and Tales of a Seasick Doctor (Zondervan 1996). Christine and Tom also co-authored Living on Purpose: Finding God’s Best for Your Life. (Baker Books 2002). She blogs at http://godspace.wordpress.com