Dec. 11 Gathering: Have Yourself A Subversive Little Christmas

How many of us will tell the real story of Christmas this year? Not the one with the pastoral imagery of white-washed Nativities, but the one about the unlikely delivery of a child to an unwed couple in a filthy stable in a backwater town in a two-bit corner of the Roman empire?

Nov. 27 Gathering: Google Hangout with Tomeka Robinson

We love it when our New Wineskins friends do awesome things in the world. Tomeka Robinson, who was part of our charter group when we started meeting back in May 2014, certainly fills the bill. Now coaching debate at Hofstra University in New York, Tomeka spearheaded a forum back in September on Islamaphobia, seeking to raise theContinue reading “Nov. 27 Gathering: Google Hangout with Tomeka Robinson”

Nov. 13 Gathering: North Place Maternity House

This Sunday at New Wineskins, North Place’s Wendy Williams will join us to introduce us to the facility’s mission and vision and share how unconditional love is breaking through to transform the lives of new mothers and their children.

Oct. 2 Gathering: World Communion Sunday Instructed Eucharist

Have we lost some of the significance of the ancient and holy rite of the Eucharist? Has it become little more than another ritual for us to march through occasionally, more out of obligation than for transformation?