George Bernard Shaw described life in startling terms when he wrote in one of his plays: “The lives which have no use, no meaning, no purpose, will fade out. You will have to justify your existence or perish.” In our global, information age of limitless possibilities, the freedom to be anything has turned into the expectation to be everything. As a result, many of us feel relentless pressure to justify our existence or perish. So we try to establish our value by making more money, enhancing our sex appeal, gaining more influence, or improving our image. But despite our attempts to prov
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Rev. Jason Harris
Director of Church Renewal, New City Commons Foundation
Jason Harris recently joined Central as the Director of Church Renewal with the New City Commons Foundation. The New City Commons Foundation was inspired by James Davison Hunter, author of To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, and seeks to promote the faithful presence of the church in all of society through the thoughtful engagement of faith with the world around us.
Previously Jason served as the founding Campus Minister for Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at Northwestern University. Jason began this ministry in 2005 after receiving his Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. Prior to attending seminary, Jason worked as a sales analyst for Morgan Stanley in New York City after graduating from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Archaeology in 2000. Jason participates in a number of ministries outside of Central and the New City Commons Foundation and has longstanding relationships with RUF, FOCUS (Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools), Young Life, and The Veritas Forum.
Jason met his wife, Ashley, at Princeton University where she studied Economics and Japanese and subsequently received a J.D. degree from Columbia University Law School. Jason and Ashley have two young children, Luke and Olivia.