What is "salvation" and can it ever really be personal?
Tag: wineskins
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?
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?
Oct. 3 Gathering: A Dissident Eucharist for Spiritual Exiles
What if we could see the sacraments not just as rites we participate in as individuals for our own private spiritual experiences, but as subversive acts that emancipate whole communities and liberate those who exist on the margins of public policy and institutions?
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?
Sept. 19 Gathering: Guest speaker Josh Scott on reading the parables
This week at New Wineskins: Guest Speaker Josh Scott on reading the parables
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?
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.
Aug. 29 Gathering: Dialogue as Liturgy
“Liturgy” is one of those church-y words that often causes us to roll our eyes and retreat into whatever other thoughts might be occupying our minds when we hear it. But the word “liturgy” itself simply means “the work of the people.” So whatever we do, when we do it together in the context of community, is our liturgy.
July 18: Community Picnic!
We're having a picnic!
