Tag: the work of the people

• Nov. 21 Gathering: “Stone Catchers”

  For far too long, much of the church has been either silent or outright complicit in the evils of segregation, oppression, and marginalization…often either implicitly or explicitly supporting the systems and structures that have and continue to perpetuate such injustices. Is that what we’re called to? Is that in any way, shape, or form the…

  Joe

  November 17, 2021

  Gatherings

  beloved community, Bryan Stevenson, christ the king, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, ordinary time, pub church, pub theology, reign of christ, story, the work of the people, wineskins, witness

• May 23 Gathering: Re-Awakening the Spirit Within

  Whatever passion leads us on the radical path toward transformation—and ultimately to sacrifice—is the unquenchable fire of the Divine Spirit within us…and all we must do to awaken it is to turn towards it and let it free.

  Joe

  May 17, 2021

  Gatherings

  Barbara Holmes, Easter, Holy Spirit, movwineskins, new wineskins, Pentecost, pub church, pub theology, spirit, spiritual exiles, the work of the people, theology, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• May 2 Gathering: Reclaiming Gratitude

  This Sunday we continue our Easter Season for Spiritual Exiles, “Reimagining Resurrection,” by reclaiming gratitude as a way of experiencing a faith based in trusting the abundance of divine love as the core of reality.

  Joe

  April 27, 2021

  Gatherings

  diana butler bass, grace, gratitude, livelovemov, movwineskins, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, the work of the people, theology, virtual pub church

• Jan. 24 Gathering: Seeking Aliveness Part 3: Spirit

  When we think about Spirit, is it something that simply inspires us in our private lives, through provoking certain thoughts, ideas, or actions? Or do we see Spirit as something that might move us collectively in the larger spheres of our public lives and interactions?

  Joe

  January 21, 2021

  Faith, Gatherings

  brian mclaren, everything is spiritual, Holy Spirit, livelovemov, movwineskins, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, seeking aliveness, spirit, the work of the people, virtual pub, virtual pub church

• Jan. 10 Gathering: Seeking Aliveness Part 1: Faith

  How do we view our faith traditions in light of their influence on our public lives? How can we institute practices that criticize the bad by practicing the better?

  Joe

  January 8, 2021

  Faith, Gatherings

  brian mclaren, conversation, epiphany, Faith, livelovemov, movwineskins, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, seeking aliveness, the work of the people, virtual liturgy, virtual pub, virtual pub church, virtual worship

• July 19 Gathering: Is unknowing the path to knowing?

  What if the path to real enlightenment is not in knowing, but in unknowing? Not in certainty, but in doubt?

  Joe

  July 17, 2020

  Faith, Gatherings

  conversaton, doubt, enlightenment, Peter Rollins, pub church, pub theology, the work of the people, uncertainty, virtual pub church, zoom

• A Death to Awaken

  Join us this Friday, April 10, at 6:00pm for our first-ever New Wineskins Good Friday observance, “A Death to Awaken: A Virtual Good Friday Liturgy for Spiritual Exiles.”

  Joe

  April 8, 2020

  Faith, Gospel

  crucifixion, Good Friday, Jesus, liturgy, resurrection, spiritual exiles, the work of the people