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    Thursday
    Apr122012

    Notice to Readers: New Blog Feed Address

    Some months ago we updated the podcast feed to include Feedburner for additional means to enable subscription for all of you, and some other goodies for us back here. Now it’s time to say that subscribers to this blog should confirm that the feed address you have in your feed reader is as follows. 

    http://feeds.feedburner.com/jubecomin

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    Monday
    Apr092012

    Get on the Horn With JEM and Volunteer!

    lee van ham holding a ram's horn as if a telephoneGet on the horn with JEM today!

    Whether you have two hours a month or two days per week, volunteering with JEM can contribute to economic change and maybe increase your own understanding of a jubilee economy. Currently, volunteers multiply by 15 every dollar donated to JEM. Here are ten volunteer tasks you might consider helping out with.

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    Friday
    Nov112011

    Around the JEM World in Thirty Days—Learning More about Living the Sustainable Economic Model Called Jubilee

    The 30-Day Immersion into the world of Jubilee Economics seems to be a winner. Instead of getting buried in the blog, we decided to make a page out of it so it would be readily available. So if you’re bold, drop in and spend a month to get to know all about Jubilee Economics—the organization and the alternative model we stand for.

    Thursday
    Jun302011

    iCall, YouJEM

    Get it? I call you JEM. He-he-hee! Okay, so I am crash-banging Apple (iEverything) and Google (YouTube) worlds in the title. And I realize neither of those operate at the scale that JEM suggests of other operators. But let’s face it. There is some brain power to address stuff we haven’t even thought of, so let’s put it to some use, as long as people are wired as much as they are now.

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    Friday
    May202011

    Sabbath vs. the Smartphone

    Updated on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 9:23AM by Registered CommenterEd Lucas

    The iMac is well used, but not so with the phoneNow, I might be the guy who does a range of electronic media jobs for JEM. And it might be true that last year’s JEMscape was quite different than this year’s because of all the new online presence we have now. I am thankful for the praise that has come my way because of it. But it is kind of paradoxical to me. 

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    Sunday
    Apr172011

    JEM in Brief

    I just found this through Parker Palmer's Facebook posting. Go to Wordle and input a bunch of text to see how it picks the most vital words and creates a word cloud that artistically emphasizes the words that are most common. You can use any text you like, or submit your blog feed. Here are a few from different bits of text and feeds here on JE.org. Click to enlarge each.

    From our podcast feed:

    From our About Us page:

    From our recent entries feed:

    The license to use the output is pretty liberal. We could use the random designs as the basis for outputting to any media we like, maybe T-shirts, mugs, and all sorts of other stuff you don't need! Otherwise, it is a fun time waster!

    Sunday
    Aug012010

    Metanoia Newsletter, August 2010

    Download the August 2010 newsletter here. PDF format.

    Features:

    • JEM website changeover
    • Property for People, Not for Profit book feature
    • Artists for Change CD highlights
    • Invite JEM to do an Advent Workshop for your group or church
    • Men's retreat notice (Chicago)
    • Comments from readers

    Note: This archived version is slightly different from the bulk mailed paper version in order to fix a couple web address changes that happened just as the newsletter went to press. Sorry for the confusion, but you're here now and that's what counts!