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Jesus is the Jubilee-Bringer

It bears repeating that the CCO’s annual Jubilee conference draws its name from the important sabbath theme in Deuteronomy and, most clearly, Leviticus 25, where every fifty years—on the day of atonement, when sins are forgiven—the Jewish people were to enact social legislation that created a vastly renewed social order. From prison reform to [...]

 

Seeing Everything Anew

It was just a week ago that most of us sang Christmas carols. One of the most enduring is Joy to the World. I sang it as a child and into my college years until I really heard one line. One line–a line that has been as helpful to me as nearly anything [...]

 

Considering a bit of a change: making study a Christian priority

In his last Living Jubilee post my friend Sam Van Eman nicely ruminated on our all-too-human foible of thinking we can “go it alone.”  Specifically, Sam wondered about how to best improve in a skill or area of learning—a matter about which Christians who desire to serve God in their vocations, callings, and careers most [...]

 
 
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