Tag: resistance

• May 11 Gathering: Holding the Tension

  

  How can holding the various tensions in life open our hearts to experiencing reality more fully?

  Joe

  May 7, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, cruciform, Easter, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, resistance, resurrection, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins

• May 4 Gathering: Transaction or Transformation?

  

  What if we began to view the crucifixion and resurrection not as transactional, but transformative?

  Joe

  April 30, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• April 27 Gathering: A Whole New World

  

  If our claims of resurrection are true, how can we best live into them?

  Joe

  April 21, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• April 20 Gathering: NO GATHERING (Easter Sunday)

  

  No gathering this Sunday

  Joe

  April 16, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Easter, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, kindness, lent, lent for spiritual exiles, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, repent, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• April 13 Gathering: Justice & Wholeness (Palm Sunday)

  

  Can there be true healing without justice, and true justice without healing?

  Joe

  April 9, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, kindness, lent, lent for spiritual exiles, love, new wineskins, Palm Sunday, peace, pub church, pub theology, relationships, repent, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• April 6 Gathering: The Possibility of Wounds

  

  Can we allow our pain to be a source of growth?

  Joe

  April 2, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• March 30 Gathering: Subversive Inclusiveness

  

  What happens when we become radically inclusive?

  Joe

  March 26, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• March 23: Empowering Our Pain

  

  Grief is an action step

  Joe

  March 19, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• March 16: Unity through Suffering

  

  How can sharing our suffering unify us in freedom?

  Joe

  March 12, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• March 9: No Gathering This Week

  

  No Gathering this Sunday

  Joe

  March 4, 2025

  Gatherings

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