Tag: spiritual exiles

• March 29 Gathering: Easter as the Universal Pattern of Resistance

  

  How can the universal pattern of death and resurrection catalyze our resistance violence and oppression?

  Joe

  March 25, 2026

  Gatherings

  clean water, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, west virginia, wineskins, winter, wv coalfields

• March 1 Gathering: Brad Davis and the WV Water Crisis

  

  How can faith communities lead the effort for clean water in the Central Appalachian coalfields?

  Joe

  February 25, 2026

  Gatherings

  clean water, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, west virginia, wineskins, winter, wv coalfields

• Feb. 1 Gathering: St. Brigid’s Day

  

  Who was St. Brigid and how did she become such an important figure in Celtic spirituality?

  Joe

  January 29, 2026

  Gatherings

  celtic spirituality, community, contemplation, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, st. brigid, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Jan. 4 Gathering: Old Christmas

  

  Can the traditions of “Old Christmas” still hold meaning for us today?

  Joe

  January 2, 2026

  Gatherings

  Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, epiphany, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Dec. 14 Gathering: Embracing the Dark (Advent 2025)

  

  Embracing the darkness of the Advent season

  Joe

  December 9, 2025

  Gatherings

  advent, Christmas, community, contemplation, conversation, darkness, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Nov. 2 Gathering: Winter Is Coming

  

  What does the coming of winter have to teach us about death and resurrection?

  Joe

  October 29, 2025

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, death and resurrection, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, nature, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, seasons, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins, winter

• Oct. 5 Gathering: Presence as Resistance

  

  Does resisting empire start with learning not just to live on the Earth, but with it?

  Joe

  October 1, 2025

  Gatherings

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

• Sept. 7 Gathering: Braiding Sweetgrass Section 5 + Epilogue

  

  How can we halt the slide of overconsumption and live more harmoniously with the Earth and one another?

  Joe

  September 3, 2025

  Gatherings

  book study, braiding sweetgrass, community, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins

• Aug. 3 Gathering: Braiding Sweetgrass Sections 3 & 4

  

  How can the economy of reciprocity represented in the plant kingdom give us insight into how humans might thrive in community?

  Joe

  July 30, 2025

  Gatherings

  book study, braiding sweetgrass, community, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins

• July 6 Gathering: Braiding Sweetgrass Sections 1 & 2

  

  How do our creation stories inform our relationships with the earth and its inhabitants?

  Joe

  July 2, 2025

  Gatherings

  book study, braiding sweetgrass, community, conversation, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, transformation, wineskins