Tag: love
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May 8 Gathering: Running from Resurrection?
Neurological science is now telling us that our brains train our neural pathways to obsess or fixate over negativity in a way we seem unable to do with joy and positivity. In a very real sense, conflict and pessimism can easily become our default setting, while delight and happiness require a constant, conscious choosing. And…
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April 24: Community Sabbath — No Gathering
About once every quarter our community takes a Sunday off for a collective Sabbath…a time to rest, re-calibrate, and re-focus. As we begin this Easter season we invite you to take a break from the routine this weekend. Spend some time with family or friends, enjoy the outdoors, cook a great meal for someone you…
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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Christmas for Spiritual Exiles
This Christmas, we invite you to join not just in the celebration of Christmas, but the challenge.
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(r)Advent Week 4: Love
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll end our (r)Advent journey with a discussion of how Love extended to those most oppressed and marginalized by our societal systems and structures is the heartbeat of reality and the key not only to their liberation, but our own.