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Living With Less in the Land of More
Many are reflecting on the stuff we own and how it owns us in this season of shopping and gift-giving. I read an excellent article recently about one family’s journey with their relationship to their stuff (Stuffed to the gills: … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Books, Capitalism, Change, Church, Community, Consumption, Corporations, Culture, Discernment, Economics, Ethics, Faith, HowTo, Jesus, Justice, Life, Links, Parenting, Poverty, Solutions, Sustainability, Theology, Waste
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Wading Into the Pond
The previous post discussed an ethical dilemma presented by Peter Singer concerning the choice between saving some fancy shoes or a drowning child in a shallow pond. The conclusion was that charity is the best we can do within the … Continue reading
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Sacred Days and Desecrated Days
There are no unsacred places; There are only sacred places And desecrated places. – from “How to Be a Poet” by Wendell Berry This year during Thanksgiving there were a number of stores having sales on Thursday already. This prompted … Continue reading
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The Shallow Pond Dilemma
It seems appropriate in this time of gluttony and the consumer frenzy of consumerism known as Black Friday, to talk about the ethical dilemmas of the financial choices we make. A long time ago, I listened to Episode #100 of … Continue reading
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Coveting, Control and Captivity (Leviticus 25)
You can search this site for “jubilee”, “leviticus 25″ and “sabbath” to read more about the connections I make between Sabbath practices, ecology, economics, Jesus and Isaiah. To find something fresh to say about this central passage in the biblical … Continue reading
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