catching up

Jubilee Professional.

This was a great conference PULSE had an opportunity to attend. Jubilee is a faith conference for college students, Jubilee Professional happens right before it for professionals and young professionals to engage in. While there, I heard from 9 professionals about their field of work with the focus on how their faith is the center. It was easy to hear from the pastors about their work, but as the sessions went on, there were also professionals of media, business, finance, architecture, law, and music. Their bios and titles were numerous and impressive. Each speaker had either 10 or 20 minutes to speak, and I found it very engaging. There was also time in between a few speakers to sit and discuss.

Everything from the conference encouraged me in where I am at right now. I am confident that I am in the right field and am encouraged to express what I believe. Here are some highlights of what I jotted down:

“there is no meaningless work; work can be rendered menial”

“you know you are being guided into a field of work when your actions pay attention to the needs of the world, your gifts and talents are being drawn on, your deepest and truest desires are being met, and you feel free in Christ”

“just like God created the world in groupings (light, land, …), we’re created in the same way. We each have a focus. Some feel called to work with family, arts, government/politics, economics. With a foundation in faith, these items reveal personalities of nurture, creativity, justice, and opportunity.”

“when it comes to working in the media, it’s difficult to reveal your faith because you’re reporting what the people want to hear. So what we do to reveal Christ’s love is to be ethical in how we do things.”

“experiences create beliefs which drive action. Intentionally create experiences you want people to believe. Enable people to experience the world as it ought to be. It has to be intentional and you have to validate it.”

“if you go to work and it’s not work, then it’s probably your calling”

“focus on your attitude, gratitude, and forgiveness”

“be well diggers… bring the garden back to the city… metaphors for everyday life here and now because people are hungry for spiritual connection, they just need an opportunity to pursue it”

“learn to be ultra-humilitious – it’s so disarming to people”

“be crelevant- credible and relevant”

“is what you’re doing helping others flourish?”


if you are interested in specifics of speakers or anything more about this conference, feel free to ask :)