As New Wineskins returns to Sundays this week, we’ll have a conversation about what it means to be a Christian in the world today, in America in particular, and in our own local contexts.
Tag: Jesus
April 13 Gathering: A messy Easter
In this strange time of social distancing and protecting ourselves from an invisible enemy with very visible consequences, maybe this Easter can teach us something we've been missing.
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."
Aug. 18 Gathering: “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…”
What is Jesus getting at in his parables about the kingdom of heaven? Who was he talking to and why? What does he even mean by "the kingdom of heaven?"
Aug. 4 Gathering: The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds (with guest host Kevin Malcomb!)
But as with all parables, there is a deeper story behind the story. And this week, our own Kevin Malcomb will lead our discussion into the layers below the surface!
July 21 Gathering: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
As usual, Jesus is painting on a larger canvas. His teachings are far more rarely about individual morality than they are about society and culture. The whole rather than the one.
April 28 Gathering: Resurrection
What if resurrection is really not a miracle at all? What if resurrection was the most natural thing we could possibly believe in? What if it's the most natural thing we could experience?
Oct. 21 Gathering: Miracles (do they matter?)
Maybe we need to know miracles are real. Maybe we need to hope that the impossible can happen.
July 29 Gathering: “Burn Down the Mission”
Has Christian mission always been a positive influence in the world? Or is there a dark side, one we need to figuratively burn down, in order to recapture our call to the missio dei, God's mission for God's world?
June 17 Gathering: Salt & Light
How exactly do we go about being salt and light in our world today? And what does our community look like when we do?
