Tag: pub church
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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.
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April 28 Gathering: Resurrection
What if resurrection is really not a miracle at all? What if resurrection was the most natural thing we could possibly believe in? What if it’s the most natural thing we could experience?
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April 14 Gathering: Holy Week (and free food!)
For centuries, communities of people who follow the ways of Jesus have marked the days of Holy Week in special ways.
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Dec. 30 Gathering: Watch Night
Watch Night is a traditional New Year’s Eve time of reflection, emancipation, and covenant renewal.
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Oct. 21 Gathering: Miracles (do they matter?)
Maybe we need to know miracles are real. Maybe we need to hope that the impossible can happen.
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Sept. 23 Gathering: Who is God?
It’s maybe the deepest question there is: Who (or what) is God? What do we think about when we think and talk about God? A bearded old man in the sky? A “life force” or energy field of some kind? How can God be both personal and universal? Since questions are more interesting than answers,…
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Sept. 9 Gathering: This is water
What would it look like for us to recognize more deeply the world outside of our own heads?
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Aug. 26 Gathering: Dialogue beyond division
Do we have to live in a right/wrong dichotomy that forces us into opposing camps? Or are there ways we can move beyond our disagreements without the burden of changing each other’s minds?
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RTA Festival Gathering: Spiritual & Physical Fitness
Is our spirituality separate from our physicality, or does fitness in one area impact the other?
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July 29 Gathering: “Burn Down the Mission”
Has Christian mission always been a positive influence in the world? Or is there a dark side, one we need to figuratively burn down, in order to recapture our call to the missio dei, God’s mission for God’s world?