Tag: story
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Aug. 22 Gathering: Why?
When we talk about who we are as a community, we often describe ourselves using “what” language…what we do, when we meet, what we talk about, etc. But what if the more compelling questions is not what, but WHY?
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Aug. 15 Gathering: What Will the Church Become?
It’s plain that something is changing within the big-C Church. The question is, where are we going?
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July 11 Gathering: Holy Mischief
This week at New Wineskins, we’ll engage with a video from The Work of the People featuring Sr. Simone Campbell of the Nuns on the Bus movement about how our hyper-individualistic society has blinded us to reality and how a sense of holy mischief can awaken us to who and what God is and how…
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July 4 Gathering: De-colonizing Christianity
This week at New Wineskins we’ll have a frank Independence Day discussion about decolonizing Christianity and the part we as individuals and communities have to play in it.
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New Wineskins Advent 2020
Advent is a story. Not just a story that happened but one that still happens. It’s a story of the divine breaking into humanity. It’s a story of how things are and the possibilities of what things can become.
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June 15 Gathering: Storytelling with Drew Willard
Biblical storytelling is a unique way to encounter and humanize the scriptures. This week, Rev. Drew Willard, a semi-retired pastor in the United Church of Christ, will walk us through a fun and fascinating look into the story of Jonah.
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April 22 Gathering: Cassie Kile and the Nerd Gospel!
If we take a step back and look at the fantasy stories that make up our era, we see a mosaic of the Gospel.
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April 8 Gathering: Myth, Legend, and Scripture
But what if the people who first compiled these stories into the scriptural canon were less concerned with historical fact than with relating more nuanced levels of meaning? What if stories like the Exodus, Jonah, and Ruth are really more legend than memoir?
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March 11 Gathering: Faith or Fear?
Often, it seems our faith is motivated more by fear than by love. Fear of death, fear of the other, fear of the unknown. Fear of punishment. Fear of hell.