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What does it mean to serve Jesus Christ in every area of life?
We explore this theme with workshops recorded live at the Jubilee Conference in Pittsburgh. Workshops include thought-provoking conversation and wisdom on faith-filled topics and an invitation to think deeply about God's good creation and restoration of all things. Are you in?!
TRANSFORMING COLLEGE STUDENTS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD
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The Church is not a subculture or a building or a movement, but the making of a new humanity.Therefore, we must take core human questions seriously: What story am I in? Who am I? With whom do I belong? How do I change? Where do I make my life? What is my purpose? How do I love?These deep human questions have Biblical answers, but as embodied creatures, we need more than intellectual beliefs, we need embodied practices - lived ways of knowing.A Rule of Life is an ancient method for the good news of the Gospel to form and shape us - so that we might embody the missional presence of Christ in the world.\This workshop was recorded on February 22, 2025, at the Jubilee Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. The Jubilee Conference is hosted by the Coalition for Christian Outreach (ccojubilee.org). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Any student of Scripture - whether a scholar, minister, or layperson - is like a craftsman with his or her tools. Have you ever walked into the workshop of a craftsman (an artist, carpenter, mechanic, or musician) and wondered, "what do all these tools or instruments do"? In this workshop, we will practice how to read Scripture with "tools" that engage the head, heart, and hands. We will engage historical and literary questions, and we will learn how to read the Bible as an act of worship, with the posture of faith seeking understanding. Learning how to study the Bible as the word of God will establish a great foundation for whatever vocation you may be called to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Quit something. Create margin. Be challenged toward unselfishness. Make space to care for others well. Say yes or no intentionally instead of out of guilt or exhaustion. Practice attentiveness.Does any of that tug at your heart? In this workshop we'll dig into the Biblical roots and calling of the discipline of restraint. More than just saying "no"; restraint is a counter-cultural and holistic discipline. Come explore how restraint is necessary to love others well (one of the core callings of Christianity) and cultivate meaningful community. Come grasp a vision for how restraint lived out in different areas of your life might help you make clearer choices with less anxiety. Come learn how doing less might actually help you do it better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ORDER BOOKS: www.heartsandmindsbooks.comThe Jubilee Conference has long invited students to take seriously the Lordship of Christ over all of life. In every zone of culture and every corner of our lives, we can live out the story of God's love for the world and play our part creating signposts of the Kingdom. Reading has always been a key Christian discipline but now, more than ever, books are tools for changing the world. Come be inspired to read more and grow your faith, living into the Jubilee vision, nurturing the Christian mind. Our conference bookseller is eager to share a theology of reading, ideas about how to become a better reader, and answer questions about what to read next.BOOKS MENTIONED IN THE WORKSHOPSho Baraka | He Saw That It Was Good: How Your Creative Life Can Change a Broken WorldMarilyn McEntyre | When Poets PrayDavid Dockery | What Does It Mean to Be a Thoughtful Christian?Austin Carty | The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for MinistryJessica Hooten Wilson | The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in ...Claude Atcho | Reading Black BooksMarilyn McEntyre | Caring for Words in a Culture of LiesChaim Potok | The ChosenORDER BOOKS: www.heartsandmindsbooks.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When I was a youth pastor, I once watched a student throw all his “secular” music into a river. I remember feeling conflicted about it. Did following Jesus really mean the replacement of everything he had previously loved? Is that how Christians are meant to relate to culture?This session offers an alternative, non-anxious approach to cultural engagement, one that is attentive to the hunger for meaning, beauty, and justice, and governed by gospel virtues of faith, love, and hope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our lives are mediated by technology—jobs, relationships, and spiritual lives can all be conducted via screen. And it's hard to imagine life any other way. Try as we might, few of us will be going back to the 19th century any time soon...nor might we want to.But for all its benefits, tech can easily take over; its promises of an easy life can take away our abilities to attend, consider, and love. And in a world of algorithms that target our subconscious, it's ever harder to make conscious choices towards virtue.With help from sources both new and ancient, we'll consider what it means to be human in a world of devices—and simple, practical actions for a tech-wise life.—Download the FREE companion guide to this workshop at www.jubileeconference.com/livingjubilee! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
All people are created in God's image and no life is beyond God's reach. Through Jesus' trial, execution, and resurrection, we have all been offered hope and a new purpose for life. This amazing awakening of hope and life purpose allows those who once broke the law to be transformed, replacing the cycle of crime with a cycle of renewal. Prisoners often face many injustices before, during, and after incarceration. As Christians, we must learn how to respond and take a stand for justice that restores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you want to do what you love and love what you do long-term, you’ll have to learn how to NOT do it. Join us to explore these questions and more: What does it look like for you to rest? How do you implement and maintain a regular pattern of rest? What can and should you do on a Sabbath day? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When everything is possible, how can you decide on anything? Artist and Curator of Awesomeness, Scott Erickson discusses some helpful limitations to apply to your life to help you get to the work you want to be making in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Social work is hard. Social workers need to be equipped with tools to go into a field filled with trauma, hurt, and oppressive systems.Jesus didn't come to encourage people to take bubble baths in an effort of self-care. He came so that we would "not be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind."During this workshop, dissect the lies that are often fed to helpers, and take a dive into several scripture verses that can help us think about social work in a way that sets us up for success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What does it look like practically to live into the biblical narrative in the “helping professions”? Bethany will share her personal experiences, explain how the gospel narrative applies to therapy and social work, and spend time exploring how to discern if you are called into similar work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is it possible to honor God as a government official? Can you promote justice as a public servant? Come hear from past and current government officials at both the local and federal level about why the answer to both these questions is a resounding "Yes"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Steve, Co-founder & CEO of Aura Health, has unexpectedly become an entrepreneur by listening to God; with a pre-med background, he ended up co-founding a software company with his brother to improve the world's emotional health.Steve shares his view of why mission-driven entrepreneurship is important, the challenges he has faced, and why you should always carefully listen to what God may be telling you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Tasha for a discussion around education and continuous learning. Whether you are interested in an aspect of education in the classroom, in the lecture hall, or in the community room, this will be a time you don't want to miss!Participants will reflect on authentic, continuous life-long learning, and how we can serve our Rabbi through that process. Whether you want to be a life-long teacher or a life-long learner, we will discuss how you cannot embody one without the other. Bring questions, bring answers, and bring your best teacher joke! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have more texts to read and more media for writing than at any other point in human history, and yet we struggle more than ever to understand and persuade one another. At the center of this tension is our epistemological crisis--a crisis of meaning and truth that has profound political, social, and theological implications. The challenge for contemporary Christians is how to effectively write and speak the truth when everyone is skeptical, cynical, and ironic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Every year, the sports industry brings in billions of dollars, and nearly 75% of youth in America participate in at least one sport. This past year, we've seen sports go through major shifts as COVID-19 forced changes in sports patterns and the intersection between sports and activism came fully into the spotlight. But where do sports intersect with the Kingdom of God? And what does it look like to glorify God through sports? Even though Patricia had zero experience in athletics growing up, she shares about how her unlikely career in sports marketing has opened her eyes to the power of sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We often think of vocation as connected to “job” or “career,” and while that is one part of God’s call on our lives, we are invited to respond in a much broader manner.This workshop will include both a personal story of a call to education as a career, along with discussion of the common call to all of us to be perpetual students and perpetual educators. God calls us to keep learning and to keep “passing it on.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can your faith in Jesus Christ really make you a better engineer? Absolutely! And a better doctor, business leader, teacher, mechanic, restaurant worker—or whatever is your day job. But your faith doesn't impact your vocation automatically. You have to understand how your faith works in the workplace. Just like education and training in your college major, it takes learning, practice, and intentionality to let your faith in Jesus be the thing that navigates you through your career. In this workshop, we will talk about how a career that is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ and God's Word will bring you peace, joy, and excitement, no matter what career field you choose. It's not rocket science! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
COVID-19 challenged us to reveal what we really believe in, and it changed life away from normal in a way that continues to this day. Trusting God in the face of so much uncertainty requires faith in every area of life and in all kinds of vocations, including laboratory research. Join Ben McFarland, a professor in biochemistry and structural immunology at a Christian university, as he looks back on how God’s nature and faithfulness showed itself through the consistent science of viruses and health, even during this difficult and inconsistent year.As the classroom and laboratory moved to a computer screen through remote learning, my students and I learned new things about the virus through research into its evolution. This research came from a conviction that God made the world in a way that we can take it apart and, by God’s grace, put it back together again with medicine and vaccines. The students who took part in this process created new knowledge that let us understand more about this virus. God gave us hope and healing, even in unprecedented times, through careful, humble science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jesus healed people. Paul was healed as part of his conversion to Christianity. And the whole arc of the gospel is that God is healing and redeeming the world. It is no mistake that in Genesis, God completes his creation by breathing life into a body—our bodies—and therefore, our health matters to God.So where do we fit into God's story as future healers and healthcare workers? Is there anything unique about working for the health of others as a Christian? In this session, we will explore these questions and more, focusing on health justice and equity, rest and boundaries in healthcare, when medical ethics meet Christian ethics, health systems versus health care, and being a faithful steward of your training and education. Whether you are an aspiring nurse, physician, midwife, pharmacist, physical therapist, or any other member of the healthcare team, or are unsure but asking any of the questions above, you are welcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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