Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 • The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
John 1:6-8,19-28 • John testifies to the Light.

The Acceptable Year of the Lord, Year of God’s favour, the Year of Jubilee all refer to a sabbatical year where debts are forgiven, labourers are freed, the land is given a rest through laying it fallow and returning it to its original owner. Our minds cannot comprehend the radical change that such action might bring about in our society and our world. And yet we have the opportunity to dream, to imagine, to hope. Could it be that with “the Spirit of the Lord upon us” we could in fact do the unimaginable?