Thus, turning water into fine wine is not just a magic trick meant to impress a bunch of wedding guests. It’s a way of showing what life can be like when the fullness of Divine Love is expressed in human relationships.
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Jan. 9 Gathering: An Epiphany for Spiritual Exiles
Is the primary reason to follow Jesus his ability to perform miracles? Or is there something more? Are there “greater things than these” we should be paying attention to?
Christmas for Spiritual Exiles
This Christmas, we invite you to join not just in the celebration of Christmas, but the challenge.
(r)Advent Week 4: Love
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll end our (r)Advent journey with a discussion of how Love extended to those most oppressed and marginalized by our societal systems and structures is the heartbeat of reality and the key not only to their liberation, but our own.
(r)Advent Week 3: Joy
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll continue our celebration of (r)Advent by exploring the theme of Joy, where we find it, and how we can share it through acts of justice and liberation.
(r)Advent Week 2: Peace
If peace is possible, how are we ever supposed to get there? Are we too far gone to really bring about the Beloved Community?
(r)Advent Week 1: Hope
What does hope look like in the context of liberationist communities? For one thing, it means examining our roles in combatting climate change and lifting up its effects on marginalized communities.
Nov. 21 Gathering: “Stone Catchers”
For far too long, much of the church has been either silent or outright complicit in the evils of segregation, oppression, and marginalization...often either implicitly or explicitly supporting the systems and structures that have and continue to perpetuate such injustices. Is that what we’re called to? Is that in any way, shape, or form the way of Jesus?
Nov. 14 Gathering: Undermining Fear
“Fear is asking Love, ‘Can I trust you?’ [...] Because of the work the Church isn’t doing to reverberate Love in the world, Love’s answer (is) not heard....” (Marlon Hall)
Nov. 7 Gathering: The limitations of knowing
We know our experience as human beings is limited by time and space. But even that knowing is limited. For instance, science tells us that many animals have better senses of sight, hearing, and smell than we do. So what does that tell us about what we are even able to know? What if reality includes potentialities we simply can’t perceive?