Faith – Page 18 – New Wineskins Community

April 10 Gathering: Palm Sunday

Is there a more subversive act in all of scripture than Jesus’ “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem the week before his execution…the event we call “Palm Sunday?”

Joe

April 6, 2022

Gatherings

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Lent for Spiritual Exiles 2022

This year for Lent, New Wineskins invites you into spiritual practices emphasizing our shared humanity

Joe

March 1, 2022

Gatherings

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Feb. 27 Gathering: Transfiguration for Spiritual Exiles

What if Jesus’ transfiguration is not just a symbol of divinity, but of humanity fulfilled?

Joe

February 23, 2022

Gatherings

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Feb. 20 Gathering: How we experience Divine Presence in online communities

Is there something inherently different about groups that meet online vs. those that gather in person? Does everyone have to be in the same place at the same time, or can engaging with and discussing content asynchronously create its own kind of community?

Joe

February 16, 2022

Gatherings

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Feb 6 Gathering: Discipleship as resistance

Does Jesus invite his disciples not just to an alternative spiritual lifestyle, but an act of resistance against the exploitative social and economic systems of empire?

Joe

February 2, 2022

Gatherings

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Jan. 30 Gathering: Living on the cliffs of Nazareth

What happens when whole communities organize around Jesus’ prophetic call for justice and liberation rather than consumeristic comfort and institutional preservation?

Joe

January 26, 2022

Gatherings

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Jan. 23 Gathering: A prophetic moment

If the church is meant to be the body of Christ, why has it become so complicit with systems that exploit and objectify? Are we missing a prophetic moment?

Joe

January 20, 2022

Gatherings

community, Faith, Jesus, Justice, liberation, love, new wineskins, prophet, prophetic moment, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

Jan. 16 Gathering: Water, Wine, and the Beloved Community

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.

Joe

January 12, 2022

Gatherings

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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?

Joe

January 5, 2022

Gatherings