Tag: hope

• Nov. 3 Gathering: Honoring Dr. Barbara Holmes

  

  A reflection for All Saints Day: honoring the life and work of Dr. Barbara Holmes

  Joe

  October 30, 2024

  Gatherings

  aging, Barbara Holmes, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins, wisdom

• Oct. 27 Gathering: Aging Into Wisdom

  

  Does wisdom automatically come with age, or can we nurture and cultivate it to benefit our communities?

  Joe

  October 23, 2024

  Gatherings

  aging, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins, wisdom

• Oct. 20 Gathering: Loving Ourselves

  

  Can our sense of self worth ripple across our relationships and communities?

  Joe

  October 16, 2024

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, self worth, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, trauma, vulnerability, wineskins, wisdom

• Oct. 13 Gathering: Discovering Our Identity

  

  How do we know who we are?

  Joe

  October 9, 2024

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, trauma, vulnerability, wineskins, wisdom

• Oct. 6 Gathering: The Power of Hope

  

  Can wisdom exist without hope?

  Joe

  October 1, 2024

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, curiosity, emotional healing, Faith, God, hope, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, trauma, vulnerability, wineskins, wisdom

• (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.

  Joe

  November 24, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, community, conversation, Faith, hope, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, radical love, radical reorientation, story, virtual pub church, virtual theology pub, wineskins

• Welcome to (r)Advent

  This Advent season, we’ll engage with the traditional themes of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love and explore how they come to life in a justice-oriented community in a post-Christian world

  Joe

  November 23, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, conversation, embodiment, Faith, hope, incarnation, Jesus, joy, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, radical faith, radical love, radical reorientation, story, wineskins

• Immanuel

  This Christmas Eve, we invite you to join us in a special visual liturgy and community love feast in the progressive Wesleyan tradition as we gather virtually to reflect on the incarnation and the holy revelation of the divine within the material.

  Joe

  December 23, 2020

  Faith, Gatherings, Gospel

  Christmas, christmas eve, community, exile, hope, incarnation, liturgy, livelovemov, love feast, means of grace, movwineskins, pub church, pub theology, sacrament, spiritual exiles, virtual community, virtual liturgy, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• Nov. 1 Gathering: An All Saints Day Virtual Litany of Hope

  Join us this Sunday, Nov. 1, for an All Saints Day Litany of Hope in the New Wineskins Virtual Pub. Through visual liturgy and personal storytelling, we’ll talk about where we, as individuals and a community, experience hope despite being surrounded by hopelessness.

  Joe

  October 29, 2020

  Faith, Gatherings

  all saints day, hope, litany, livelovemov, movwineskins, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, virtual litany, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• Feb. 26 Gathering: Focusing through Lent

  Regardless of how we choose to observe Lent, it is primarily a season of focus. Whether we choose to abstain from a thing or a habit for this six weeks, or add a new dimension to our spiritual lives, or engage in some sort of weekly discipline, our goal is to focus on Jesus and…

  Joe

  February 21, 2017

  Faith, Gospel

  community, conversation, Easter, Faith, hope, Jesus, Justice, kingdom of heaven, lent, love, new wineskins, pub church, story, wineskins