Tag: peace

• Jan. 19 Gathering: Fulfilling the Law

  

  How does Jesus envision Torah’s fulfillment?

  Joe

  January 15, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, metanoia, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, repent, resistance, salt and light, sermon on the mount, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Jan. 12 Gathering: Metanoia

  

  What does it mean for us to operate from a “higher mind?”

  Joe

  January 8, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, metanoia, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, repent, resistance, salt and light, sermon on the mount, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Jan. 5 Gathering: Salt & Light

  

  How can we, as members of a geographically dispersed community, have a direct impact on our collective quest for the common good?

  Joe

  January 1, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, salt and light, sermon on the mount, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Dec. 22 Gathering: Healing & Wholeness

  

  Can a renewed spirit of hospitality bring healing and wholeness to our communities?

  Joe

  December 18, 2024

  Gatherings

  advent, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, hospitality, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Dec. 15 Gathering: “Spaces of Grace”

  

  Can we learn from each other’s differences and hold the tension between unconditional love and the expectancy of hope?

  Joe

  December 11, 2024

  Gatherings

  advent, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, hospitality, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Dec. 8 Gathering: “Habits of Hope”

  

  Can we hold the tension between the hard realities of the world and the possibilities for hope?

  Joe

  December 4, 2024

  Gatherings

  advent, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, hospitality, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Advent For Spiritual Exiles: Incarnating Wholeness

  

  Advent invites us into new ways to incarnate the wholeness of our spirituality and our humanity together.

  Joe

  November 27, 2024

  Gatherings

  advent, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, hospitality, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• (r)Advent Week 2: Peace

  If peace is possible, how are we ever supposed to get there? Are we too far gone to really bring about the Beloved Community?

  Joe

  December 1, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, beloved community, Christmas, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, story, 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

• June 2 Gathering: Active Nonviolence (or “War: What is it Good For?)

  Despite our best efforts to strive for peace, we eventually resort to violence as a means to either get our way or defend ourselves.

  Joe

  May 30, 2019

  Faith, Gospel, Justice

  Justice, mlk, new wineskins, non violence, peace, pub church