by Gary Commins, Jubilee Consortium Board President
When I was in seminary, our very old, very thin, very traditional, and venerable Liturgics Professor always spoke in a very low voice. He enunciated very clearly or taking notes would have been an exercise in futility.
One day he quietly unfurled a story about introducing Sixties “revisions” to [...]
By Sally Lew, Jubilee Board Member
How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment to start improving the world. – Anne Frank, age 14.
Recently, I was introduced to a wonderful youth leadership program – YouthGive, a nonprofit organization that is building a community of giving created and guided by young people. The [...]
Most of us are aware that lack of physical activity and poor nutrition are leading causes of the obesity epidemic that has swept through the United States in the last twenty years, an epidemic that especially affects lower income communities of color. We also realize that obesity, in turn, is a major contributor to poor [...]
By Tom Crowe, St. Luke’s Parishioner and Jubilee Consortium Board Member
The City of Long Beach was incorporated in 1888, and remained a sleepy little farming and resort town until after World War II, when thousands of service men and women settled here after being discharged from the Long Beach Naval Base. So many people from [...]
