Tag: wineskins

• Feb. 13 Gathering: Trivia Night for Spiritual Exiles!

  This week we’ll gather at 5:00pm EST for a fun night of funky trivia!

  Joe

  February 9, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, trivia, wineskins

• Feb 6 Gathering: Discipleship as resistance

  Does Jesus invite his disciples not just to an alternative spiritual lifestyle, but an act of resistance against the exploitative social and economic systems of empire?

  Joe

  February 2, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, disciples, empire, Faith, fishing, Jesus, love, Luke 5, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, resistance, story, wineskins

• Jan. 30 Gathering: Living on the cliffs of Nazareth

  What happens when whole communities organize around Jesus’ prophetic call for justice and liberation rather than consumeristic comfort and institutional preservation?

  Joe

  January 26, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, Faith, faith community, Jesus, love, new wineskins, online community, prophet, prophetic moment, pub church, pub theology, story, virtual pub church, virtual theology pub, wineskins

• Jan. 23 Gathering: A prophetic moment

  If the church is meant to be the body of Christ, why has it become so complicit with systems that exploit and objectify? Are we missing a prophetic moment?

  Joe

  January 20, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, Faith, Jesus, Justice, liberation, love, new wineskins, prophet, prophetic moment, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• Jan. 16 Gathering: Water, Wine, and the Beloved Community

  Thus, turning water into fine wine is not just a magic trick meant to impress a bunch of wedding guests. It’s a way of showing what life can be like when the fullness of Divine Love is expressed in human relationships.

  Joe

  January 12, 2022

  Gatherings

  beloved community, community, conversation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, epiphany, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• Jan. 9 Gathering: An Epiphany for Spiritual Exiles

  Is the primary reason to follow Jesus his ability to perform miracles? Or is there something more? Are there “greater things than these” we should be paying attention to?

  Joe

  January 5, 2022

  Gatherings

  community, conversation, epiphany, Faith, Jesus, Justice, liberation, love, miracles, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• Christmas for Spiritual Exiles

  This Christmas, we invite you to join not just in the celebration of Christmas, but the challenge.

  Joe

  December 24, 2021

  Gatherings

  Christ, Christmas, christmas eve, community, conversation, Cosmic Christ, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, video, wineskins

• (r)Advent Week 4: Love

  This week at New Wineskins, we’ll end our (r)Advent journey with a discussion of how Love extended to those most oppressed and marginalized by our societal systems and structures is the heartbeat of reality and the key not only to their liberation, but our own.

  Joe

  December 14, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, Justice, liberation, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins

• (r)Advent Week 3: Joy

  This week at New Wineskins, we’ll continue our celebration of (r)Advent by exploring the theme of Joy, where we find it, and how we can share it through acts of justice and liberation.

  Joe

  December 8, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, joy, Justice, liberation, love, new wineskins, pub church, pub theology, story, virtual pub church, virtual theology pub, wineskins

• (r)Advent Week 2: Peace

  If peace is possible, how are we ever supposed to get there? Are we too far gone to really bring about the Beloved Community?

  Joe

  December 1, 2021

  Gatherings

  (r)Advent, advent, beloved community, Christmas, community, conversation, Faith, Jesus, love, new wineskins, peace, pub church, pub theology, story, wineskins