https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktBw6b-RIs4 Are you old enough or have enough of an “old soul” to recognize the song in the comments below? Dylan wrote these words and sang them (sort of) in 1965. I was in the 5th grade. People have debated whether or not he had a certain person or a collection of people in mind. …
How Kindness Cleans Out The Clutter (Part 1 of 2)
Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and …
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Confronting Compulsive Consuming (Part 3)
"Beat it! The country's full!" Full of what? "Today consumerism determines what is important. Consuming relationships, consuming friendships, consuming religions, consuming, consuming... We have turned our society into a huge multicultural showcase tied only to the tastes of certain 'consumers', while so many others only 'eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table'.” Pope …
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Confronting Compulsive Consuming (Part 2)
In the last couple of posts we’ve been looking at Jesus’ teaching that is commonly called, “The Parable of the Rich Fool.” Rembrandt was so taken by the story that he rendered it. Watch this brief video explanation of the painting. “What shall I do?” said the rich man who just got richer. Now that’s …
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Confronting Compulsive Consuming (Part 1)
“The amassing of property, without an accompanying love Godward and manward, is suicidal. Increasing material and power are not safe except with proportionately improving character. Society can endure for a time without new inventions; it is doubtful how long it can endure without a better spirit.” George Buttrick (1901) In the previous post we eaves …
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