Celebrate the Jubilee Year: How do we celebrate the end of this millennium and what will the new one offer us? How should we live through this period of grace? Let us look for ways to remember and celebrate that Jesus came 2000 years ago AND is present in us now. That is the transforming hope for our world

Forgiveness & Reconciliation: In a world of flawed communication, community and relationship is possible only through understanding others. In a world of painful alienation, community is created by accepting others. In a world of broken trust, relationships are sustained by forgiveness. Forgiveness and reconciliation is a choice we can make on every level - as a person, family, community, nation, and as a church. It is a choice that is not easily cultivated but it is the act of choosing to forgive which allows us to enjoy the present.

Sabbath - Letting the Land Lie Fallow: In Biblical times the coming of the Jubilee year met stopping - no sowing, reaping, harvesting. This type of Sabbath commands us to give rest to the earth and the non-human animals; to care for the natural world and to express gratitude for it. At the beginning of this new millennium, in the midst of the kind of world we live in today, the jubilee also reminds us to let the land of ourselves lie fallow, to cultivate stillness, solitude and our capacity for mysticism.

Freedom: From the beginning freedom has always been an important part of Jubilee years (see Isaiah 61:1-2). Our U.S. heritage proclaims liberty for all. Where do I as a person need to be free, from what addictions, fears? What would a year of God’s favor mean to me, to our community? What needs to be restored? "If you hold to my teaching ... then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32) Examine how our lives would change if we truly took to heart that in Christ we are free.

Justice: The return of property to it’s rightful owners it says in Leviticus. What issues of fairness and privilege does this bring up, such as redistributing wealth, education, and health care? How do we make things fairer, both here and in other countries? Is canceling third world debt possible, desirable? In God’s kingdom, what would "fairer" look like? How should we react as Christians when confronted by injustice?