tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post1737130475672678177..comments2023-04-24T07:39:26.003-07:00Comments on Be The Revolution: I want my MTVDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670609970252209273noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post-74879095639910221922007-04-23T12:26:00.000-07:002007-04-23T12:26:00.000-07:00david,Well-said. I recently “right-sized” my livin...david,<BR/>Well-said. I recently “right-sized” my living arrangements, as well. At the risk of sounding like so many others who want to conflate Christianity with flavor-of-the-month politics or philosophy, I think the answer may be green ministry. A hard truism of economics is that for one to be wealthy, another (or more commonly, many others) must be poor. It’s hard to reconcile gluttony with Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509853932305428602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post-84281855132087689652007-04-22T17:28:00.000-07:002007-04-22T17:28:00.000-07:00and how do we do it without being just another "ko...and how do we do it without being just another "kooky hippie sub culture" that is already pretty well represented in America? because that's not going to "catch on" either. Not that it's all about catching on, after all, it's called "subversive" for a reason. But still...it seems like we as christians should have something to offer...or is that just consumerigon whispering in my ear?Makeeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494813094595978277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post-74078584408444706572007-04-20T09:18:00.000-07:002007-04-20T09:18:00.000-07:00Yeah, good comments...I wonder what we do to confr...Yeah, good comments...<BR/>I wonder what we do to confront this practically?<BR/>We are in the world. We can't go live in the forest with bows and arrows...<BR/>Although the idea of Robin Hood could be fun!<BR/>So how do we relate to culture, and at the same time be separate from it?<BR/><BR/>Paul was able to do it. He was all things to all people, but he regularly confronted the 'god' of the Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670609970252209273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post-88902802404070041972007-04-20T05:20:00.000-07:002007-04-20T05:20:00.000-07:00Yeah ... we all want our ____. And I agree with y...Yeah ... we all want our ____. And I agree with you that it is anti-thetical to just about everything that Jesus taught us. We ought to set our entire beings against it. <BR/><BR/>BUT ... <BR/><BR/>We are not creatures born into a vacuum. We are the result of the specific histories of the families, communities and cultures into which we were born and raised. Our culture of consumerism has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37839424.post-32745776021622759492007-04-20T03:34:00.000-07:002007-04-20T03:34:00.000-07:00interseting post, i just had the fun of proof read...interseting post, i just had the fun of proof reading a book review for Jason of 5 books all on this very subject of how are age consumerism/capitalism is the big crisis - so far from reading everything he has read and commented on it would seem that all 5 authors are long on diagnosis and short on cure...<BR/><BR/>Possible ways:<BR/><BR/>- practices of denial, fasting etc<BR/><BR/>- practices ofUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933987855938734565noreply@blogger.com