Tag: spiritual exiles

• 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

• Nov. 24 Gathering: Do We Need Disagreement?

  

  Can disagreement be a key to our emotional & spiritual development?

  Joe

  November 20, 2024

  Gatherings

  aging, Barbara Brown Taylor, binary thinking, community, contemplation, conversation, dualism, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, lament, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Nov. 17 Gathering: Defeating Dualism

  

  Non-dualism can be an act of resistance in a world that prefers easy binaries

  Joe

  November 13, 2024

  Gatherings

  aging, Barbara Brown Taylor, binary thinking, community, contemplation, conversation, dualism, Faith, God, hope, identity, Jesus, Justice, lament, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, relationships, resistance, social justice, spirit, spiritual exiles, story, wineskins

• Nov. 10 Gathering: Re-Membering Our Stories

  

  Change always happens over time, not overnight. And so we must start the journey at the beginning.

  Joe

  November 6, 2024

  Gatherings

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