Tag: Jesus
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Sept. 4 Gathering: Forgiveness and Inclusivity
Despite much of Christianity’s hyper-individualistic focus on forgiveness as a cosmic get-out-of-jail-free card, there’s much more to the biblical narrative than manipulative atonement theories.
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Fall kickoff series: forgiveness as the root of liberation
During the next few weeks, we’ll peel back the platitudes and explore the ways that forgiveness is at the root of the gospel precisely because it’s at the root of liberation.
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Aug. 28 Gathering: Pulling All Things Together in Love
This week we’ll wrap up our summer series on Community & Connectedness with a deep and powerful reflection from Dr. James Forbes on God as “ultimate relationality” and how our communities can reflect the love that is the divine power, purpose, and promise.
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Aug. 21. Gathering: God doesn’t need worship
If God doesn’t need our worship, why do we do it? Why has worship become the most central, most visible aspect of the life of our churches?
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Aug. 14 Gathering: Hurt or Heal?
Does being hurt by a faith community make you more or less likely to turn to spirituality for the healing you need?
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Aug. 7 Gathering: Fragility at the Center
How can we center marginalized voices not just for inclusivity, but for liberation?
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July 31 Gathering: Art as catalyst for community with guest artist Jonathon Dewveall
Can a community exist without art?
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July 24 Gathering: Close but Different
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll continue our summer series on community and connectedness with a conversation about how community and diversity go hand-in-hand within a broader culture that too often sacrifices unity at the altar of uniformity.
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July 17 Gathering: Go Deeper
This week at New Wineskins we’ll continue our our summer series on Community & Connectedness with a conversation about how going deeper in the context of community helps people connect on the most relational levels and how those connections work together to build transformative communities.
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July 10 Gathering: Holon
While each individual in the community is a whole and complete person, we’re also collectively part of something more