Category: Justice
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Aug. 4 Gathering: The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (with guest host Kevin Malcomb!)
But as with all parables, there is a deeper story behind the story. And this week, our own Kevin Malcomb will lead our discussion into the layers below the surface!
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July 21 Gathering: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
As usual, Jesus is painting on a larger canvas. His teachings are far more rarely about individual morality than they are about society and culture. The whole rather than the one.
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June 2 Gathering: Active Nonviolence (or “War: What is it Good For?)
Despite our best efforts to strive for peace, we eventually resort to violence as a means to either get our way or defend ourselves.
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April 14 Gathering: Holy Week (and free food!)
For centuries, communities of people who follow the ways of Jesus have marked the days of Holy Week in special ways.
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Dec. 30 Gathering: Watch Night
Watch Night is a traditional New Year’s Eve time of reflection, emancipation, and covenant renewal.
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Oct. 21 Gathering: Miracles (do they matter?)
Maybe we need to know miracles are real. Maybe we need to hope that the impossible can happen.
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Sept. 9 Gathering: This is water
What would it look like for us to recognize more deeply the world outside of our own heads?
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Aug. 26 Gathering: Dialogue beyond division
Do we have to live in a right/wrong dichotomy that forces us into opposing camps? Or are there ways we can move beyond our disagreements without the burden of changing each other’s minds?
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July 29 Gathering: “Burn Down the Mission”
Has Christian mission always been a positive influence in the world? Or is there a dark side, one we need to figuratively burn down, in order to recapture our call to the missio dei, God’s mission for God’s world?
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July 1 Gathering: Circles of Grace
What if we could rediscover ways to have constructive dialogue? What if we could discover the motivations behind our positions, and use those as means of finding common ground?