CCO Podcast

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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"! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This workshop will explore the following topics and questions: Did law exist before the Fall or was it a result of the Fall? What is the definition of justice? What is the relationship, if any, between beauty and justice? Why are we called to seek justice? How can we love our God and neighbors as a lawyer? How do we navigate the current world as a lawyer? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This workshop will help you reframe your passions, talents, and dreams into plans. You will leave with tools and motivation to frame a life more rooted in what you're designed to do rather than just what you're "supposed to" do. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a society, we have never been more cynical, or more hopeful. We seem to want to escape the world and transform it—all at once. We've shifted our trust away from most institutions and leaders. In this crisis of hope, Redemptive Entrepreneurship is the antidote to believing in nothing but ourselves.Redemptive is leading ventures that reach beyond best practices and ethical baselines. Redemptive is surrendered ambition and cultural renewal for the sake of others. Redemptive is loving God and loving our neighbor by responding to the world's pressing issues with ambition, ingenuity, and hope.Join Jon Hart, Partner at Praxis, as he shares how a redemptive mindset and principles can help us winsomely express our faith through the products, services, brands, and things that we "make" through our work—be it as an entrepreneur or as someone who resonates with the entrepreneurial mindset—in business, social enterprise, or nonprofits. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While our main issues are not our identity, our identity is usually our main issue. In this sports-crazed, fame-and-fortune, clout-driven, name-dropping society, we all desire to be known, loved, embraced, and accepted…especially athletes. Big games, large crowds, loud screams, air time, and name recognition are dreams come true—until they're not. Injuries, illnesses, and personal issues can quickly turn a dream season into a living nightmare. Our issues try to take the place of our identity, and before long, we look in the mirror and forget who is staring back, like a beneficiary of an inheritance that has never been claimed. How do we handle life's sucker punches? Are they ultimately God's provident blessings in disguise? What does being an athlete have in common with these ideas? I look forward to sharing the answers with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colleges and universities offer amazing opportunities and challenges for followers of Jesus to grow in and live out their faith, both for students and professors. In the first part of this workshop, Catherine shares her own story of being a scientist and a professor at a liberal arts college, focusing on how she is trying to live out her faith through my work and how being in this role has pushed her to grow in faith. In the second part, workshop participants had the opportunity to reflect on and discuss how these ideas might relate to living out their own faith, today as students, and, in the future, wherever God is calling them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Artificial Intelligence is here. Its impact will be bigger than the Second Industrial Revolution. Every aspect of the lives of every person on the planet will be touched by this revolution. As Christians—even if you're not an aspiring computer scientist, and particularly if you are—we need to understand the changes that are taking place and how we can bring the salt and light of our Christian faith to AI. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you know if you are being “called” to vocational ministry? While many of us long for a direct word from God like the prophets received, we rarely get anything of the sort. In this workshop, we will talk about how you can discern a calling to ministry, whether that be with the CCO or some other ministry context. We will also help you think about next steps, whether you are in the process of discernment or in motion towards a particular calling. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's techno-environment, people are particularly hungry for authentic, clear communication that doesn't depend on emojis to evoke the powerful truths that unite us as human beings. Illustrated by wild stories from interviews with people of faith all over the world, this workshop considers the Big Story of the Gospel as the foundation for our own understanding of what writing well actually is, and some practical ideas about how to do it well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Bible invites us to an abundant life, which includes God moving beyond what we can imagine. What if God wants to use you to spark a revival on college campuses? How can we see the realities of Scripture made manifest on our campuses?We will catch a vision for our future by remembering about how God launched national revivals in the past through college students. How can we partner with God in prayer to see another movement renewed in our day, on our campuses? Can we really see every student marked by the presence of Jesus? Come and dream about what's possible! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Paige Wiley and Luke Bobo are the authors of Worked Up: Navigating Calling After College, a resource for students bridging the gap from college to career. Highlighting a few key selections from the book, this workshop will dispel common myths surrounding work, career, and calling, while exploring how the Gospel breathes new life into the world of work. Whether you're navigating a call to ministry, marketplace, or mission, we pray that this time will offer you a foundation of truth as you move into the next chapter of life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you find yourself wishing that political campaigns would disappear? Do you wonder how Christians are supposed to engage in something that seems so corrupt and broken? Does your vote even matter? How can you talk politics with people who don't see things the way you do. If these are your questions, we've got answers, from a panel of committed partisans and independents.Stephanie Summers & Center for Public Justice Panel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How does your faith impact your vocation? I'm not actually sure it does. But I am positive it impacts how you carry yourself, how you perform, and the effect you have on your colleagues. There are endless possibilities of jobs you can do, but the narratives that shape how you see yourself and others will determine the legacy your life work will leave. It all starts with telling good stories with our lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we navigate through life, we encounter situations and people that can cause us to crumble or help us find our grit. The difference between getting stuck and moving forward is often found in whether we have rooted ourselves in persona or identity. Join us as we decipher where we have built up false identities and find ways to discover who God has created each of us to be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Juxtaposing story-teaching, crowd participation, humor, and image curation, artist Scott Erickson walks us through the very personal and universal conversation about the death of a dream and the overwhelming voice of Giving Up in our lives.“Say Yes: A Liturgy of Not Giving Up on Yourself” is a multi-sensory experience that reveals this moment not as an ending, but as a sacred doorway into a much deeper invitation to our hopes, vocation, and existence itself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fashion might seem superficial, but is it? This session offers an eye-opening discussion on how fashion touches every aspect of our lives—from politics, art, and identity, to what it means to be human. Taking as its starting point things that make up our everyday lives—what we wear, a trip to the mall, the latest style—our discussion will explore how these mundane practices are attached to a myriad of deeper assumptions in our late modern world. How does the Apostle Paul's call for Christians to “put on Jesus Christ” challenge, subvert, and redirect these modern assumptions? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Learn how careers in the social sciences can be a calling. Hear from David Kinnaman, president of the social research company Barna Group, about how he got into research, what lessons you should be prepared to learn along the way, practical steps you can take to get into the field, and how to find your calling in this sector. Come prepared to ask questions and dialogue! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a follow-up to her 2017 workshop “Survive or Thrive: Transformation is Possible, Even in Healthcare,” Dr. Wattacheril will provide a framework for exploring the moral injury associated with working in healthcare. Join her to discuss helpful spiritual tools for resilience and growth within and beyond the academic environment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ten years ago I was a missionary in China. Now I am a full-time business lawyer and part-time author. This is my story about why work matters, how to do it well, and how to find a calling without being paralyzed by choices. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a society, we have never been more cynical, or more hopeful. We seem to want to escape the world and transform it, all at once. We've shifted our trust away from most institutions and leaders.In this crisis of hope, redemption is the antidote to believing in nothing but ourselves. Redemptive entrepreneurship is creating new ventures—be it businesses, nonprofits, or social enterprises—that reach beyond best practices and ethical baselines.Redemptive leadership is surrendered ambition and cultural renewal for the sake of others. Redemption involves loving God and loving our neighbor by responding to the world's pressing issues with ambition, ingenuity, and hope. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you create a pattern of rest in your busy life? What can you do on your Sabbath day? Do you have to take a Sabbath on Sundays? Or do Wednesdays work? If you want to do important and life-giving work over the course of your life, you will have to learn to NOT do that work. Rest is woven into the fabric of God's world and ...well...Sabbath keeping is a commandment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Ruskin said that the only wealth is life. If that is so, ours is an impoverished world—climate change and bad farming practices are eating away at the life of the world. Abortion and an indifference to family destroy the life of human communities. In this workshop, we'll talk about what an alternative society could look like—a society ordered toward peace and the promotion of life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Did you know that one in three Americans have a criminal record and face more than 44,000 legal barriers to second chances after they have paid their debt to society? The impact of crime and incarceration reaches every community across the nation—so how can followers of Jesus take action to promote peace and restoration? During this session, learn how to put your faith into action for justice reform on your college campus, including becoming a Justice Advocate or Justice Ambassador for Prison Fellowship®. Your voice matters, and these programs offer many opportunities to amplify it through advocacy. Join us to learn more about how you can make a difference and advance justice that restores! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does your life feel like a whirlwind? Busyness and noise do not have to define your days. Join us to learn about spiritual practices that will incorporate rest and quiet into your life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who are you? What is your foundation in life? What do you fall back on when everything else falls apart? This session will explore what it means to truly find your identity in Christ rather than in romance, grades, career, status, or friend circles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.