Tag: spiritual exiles

• July 30 Gathering: Sin, Holiness, and the Anthropocene

  

  For generations, the concepts of holiness and sin have been deeply entwined with the way we humans see ourselves in relationship to the Divine. But what role does our humanity itself have in those understandings?

  Joe

  July 26, 2023

  Gatherings

  anthropocene, community, conversation, Faith, holiness, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, series, sin, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• July 23 Gathering: Open Forum

  

  This week at New Wineskins, we open the floor to your questions, ideas, thoughts, inspiration, etc.

  Joe

  July 19, 2023

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, open forum, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• July 9 Gathering: Original Love

  

  How do we extend the same kind of compassion and mercy to folks who wield their Christianity as a weapon as we do to those who are so often their victims?

  Joe

  July 5, 2023

  Gatherings

  big bang, community, conversation, Faith, ilia delio, Jesus, love, new wineskins, original love, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, spiritual journey, story, wineskins

• July 2 Gathering: Independence Day for Spiritual Exiles

  

  Is the Doctrine of Discovery still alive and well in America, causing untold harm to folks on the receiving end of exploitation and colonization?

  Joe

  June 28, 2023

  Gatherings

  colonization, community, conversation, Faith, independence, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, spiritual journey, story, wineskins

• April 23 Gathering: Intro to Bible Stories for Grown-Ups

  

  Join us this Sunday as we begin our community study of Bible Stories for Grown-Ups by Josh Scott!

  Joe

  April 19, 2023

  Gatherings

  Bible, community, conversation, deconstruction, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Feb. 26 Gathering: Tempted

  

  This week we’ll kick off our Lenten collaboration with Justice & Jubilee by looking at how Jesus calls us to resist our systemic instincts to go along with the path of least resistance

  Joe

  February 23, 2023

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, deconstruction, Faith, Jesus, lent, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, story, temptation, wineskins

• Jan. 8 Gathering: Deconstructing Liturgy

  

  Whether we’ve left the institutional church altogether or we remain there for our own reasons, most of us feel a profound disconnect between much of how the modern church behaves and what we believe to be the way of Jesus.

  Joe

  January 4, 2023

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, deconstruction, Faith, Jesus, liturgy, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, ritual, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Nov. 20 Gathering: Reign of Christ Sunday for Spiritual Exiles

  

  What do we really mean when we say “Christ is king?” What does it mean to grant authority to Jesus? And do those two statements even mean the same thing?

  Joe

  November 16, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, reign of christ, spiritual exiles, story, virtual pub church, wineskins

• Aug. 14 Gathering: Hurt or Heal?

  

  Does being hurt by a faith community make you more or less likely to turn to spirituality for the healing you need?

  Joe

  August 10, 2022

  Gatherings

  brene brown, church hurt, community, conversation, Faith, healing, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, spiritual exiles, spiritual trauma, story, wineskins

• 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…

  Joe

  May 4, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, contemplation, conversation, Easter, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, resurrection, spiritual exiles, spiritual practices, story, wineskins