Tag: contemplation

• May 3 Gathering: Last Call

  

  Join us for our final New Wineskins gathering!

  Joe

  April 27, 2026

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, west virginia, wineskins

• March 29 Gathering: Easter as the Universal Pattern of Resistance

  

  How can the universal pattern of death and resurrection catalyze our resistance violence and oppression?

  Joe

  March 25, 2026

  Gatherings

  clean water, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, west virginia, wineskins, winter, wv coalfields

• March 1 Gathering: Brad Davis and the WV Water Crisis

  

  How can faith communities lead the effort for clean water in the Central Appalachian coalfields?

  Joe

  February 25, 2026

  Gatherings

  clean water, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, west virginia, wineskins, winter, wv coalfields

• Feb. 1 Gathering: St. Brigid’s Day

  

  Who was St. Brigid and how did she become such an important figure in Celtic spirituality?

  Joe

  January 29, 2026

  Gatherings

  celtic spirituality, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, st. brigid, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Jan. 4 Gathering: Old Christmas

  

  Can the traditions of “Old Christmas” still hold meaning for us today?

  Joe

  January 2, 2026

  Gatherings

  Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, epiphany, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Dec. 14 Gathering: Embracing the Dark (Advent 2025)

  

  Embracing the darkness of the Advent season

  Joe

  December 9, 2025

  Gatherings

  advent, Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Nov. 2 Gathering: Winter Is Coming

  

  What does the coming of winter have to teach us about death and resurrection?

  Joe

  October 29, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, death and resurrection, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Oct. 5 Gathering: Presence as Resistance

  

  Does resisting empire start with learning not just to live on the Earth, but with it?

  Joe

  October 1, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, indigenous spirituality, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins

• May 25 Gathering: Nothing Dies

  

  What if Jesus came not to show us how to be more spiritual, but how to be more human?

  Joe

  May 21, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Easter, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, resurrection, richard rohr, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins

• May 18 Gathering: Body & Blood (and Whisky)

  

  What is the thing beyond the thing toward which resurrection is pointing us?

  Joe

  May 14, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Easter, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, resurrection, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins