Tag: story
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Nov. 14 Gathering: Undermining Fear
“Fear is asking Love, ‘Can I trust you?’ […] Because of the work the Church isn’t doing to reverberate Love in the world, Love’s answer (is) not heard….” (Marlon Hall)
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Nov. 7 Gathering: The limitations of knowing
We know our experience as human beings is limited by time and space. But even that knowing is limited. For instance, science tells us that many animals have better senses of sight, hearing, and smell than we do. So what does that tell us about what we are even able to know? What if reality…
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Oct. 31 Gathering: Does God get what God wants? An All Saints Day liturgy for spiritual exiles
What if contradictions, doubt, and uncertainty have a purpose? What if the real key to knowing comes in the unknowing?
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Oct. 24 Gathering: The myth of personal salvation
What is “salvation” and can it ever really be personal?
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Oct. 17 Gathering: Why embodiment matters
Are we simply souls existing inside of bodies? Is our identity thoroughly spiritual without concern for the blood, bones, and flesh from which we’re made? Can we trust what our bodies tell us?
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Oct. 10 Gathering: Changing the Conversation
Do our religious institutions purposely ignore biblical mandates to care for those on the margins of society? How do we change the conversation?
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Sept. 26 Gathering: Mutual Aid with Guest Speaker Wendy Hudson
If Mutual Aid is among the first biblical models of Christian community, why don’t we hear more about it? And why don’t more faith communities employ it as a means of resource sharing?
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Sept. 19 Gathering: Guest speaker Josh Scott on reading the parables
This week at New Wineskins: Guest Speaker Josh Scott on reading the parables
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Sept. 12 Gathering: Kenosis — how do we empty ourselves?
How do we empty ourselves not as individuals, but as communities working together for the common good?
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Sept. 5 Gathering: Finding Sacred Rest within Community
This week at New Wineskins, Chris Wylie will lead us in a Labor Day Weekend conversation about how finding rest within the liturgical dialogical rhythms of our community restores us to be people who work for justice and equity in the world around us.