Posts under Tag: Consumerism
Better Red than Dead

Every year Mick Duncan ( author, lecturer, prophet/stirrer and all round good guy) with a bunch of his friends holds a Red Letters event. In some Bibles the words of Jesus are printed in red, hence the name. The event – usually held over a Friday night and Saturday – offers an odd line up of speakers. For the most [...]

By Drew with 0 comments
i heart justice?

I’ve got an iPhone and an Apple mini-mac.  Have you ever unwrapped a new, glistening, dripping-with-hotness Apple product? But I’ve been worried by what I’m hearing about them (see Caleb’s recent post).  I’ve heard that the casing for the new iPads already have a space ready for rear-facing cameras in the slightly-higher-retail-priced models to be put before our lusting eyes [...]

By Dale Campbell (Advocate) with 11 comments
Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: Day 26 – Spend Nothing Day
Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: Day 26 – Spend Nothing Day

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. Yesterday we talked about our purchases and aiming to purchase ethically as much as we can as a reflection of [...]

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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: Day 25 – Buy FAIRTRADE
Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: Day 25 – Buy FAIRTRADE

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. Do you ever give much thought to where the things you purchase come from? Have you ever wondered what the [...]

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HC Repeats: Obsessive Consumers – We are Addicts
HC Repeats: Obsessive Consumers – We are Addicts

Since it’s the weekend, I thought it might be worth looking at taking the opportunity to repost some of the stuff that has appeared here on the Humanitarian Chronicle – HC Repeats. This blog has been running for well over a year and I think some of the past posts are worth having another look at now that the reading [...]

By Frank with 3 comments
What Would Jesus Buy? (Video) We’re Sick.

There’s a better way. Check out Advent Conspiracy. Worship Fully. Spend Less. Give More. Love All.

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Friday March 13th. – Lent 2009

One of my favourite books is Thomas A. Kempis’ Imitation of Christ. It is a deeply moving work that has much to meditate on. I was reading through some of the writing where he reflects an inner conversation between Christ and the faithful soul and this struck me, I thought it was very relevant to the fasting aspect of Lent [...]

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Wednesday March 4th. – Lent 2009

Lent gives us the perfect opportunity to experiment with simple living. On an excellent website called Alternatives for Simple Living I found this list of seven compelling reasons why we should aim for this sort of simplicity. The Art of Simple Living Simple Living is:  “living in a way that is outwardly simple and inwardly rich. This way of life [...]

By Drew with 0 comments
The Christian Example in a Recession
The Christian Example in a Recession

Archbishop of York Rev John Sentamu says the general populous of Great Britain think Christians are mad. The good news is that the Archbishop, who holds the second highest office with world Anglicanism, thinks the reason Christians are considered a bit on the loopy side is not because they are on the lunatic fringe of apocalyptic thinking or the latest [...]

By Steve with 0 comments
Obsessive Consumers – We are Addicts
Obsessive Consumers – We are Addicts

Allow me to make a confession – I have come to the realisation that I am an obsessive consumer. The sad thing is that in my world consuming is so normal, encouraged and needed for the survival of the economy in which I exist that I, like many other such addicts, have been mostly blind to my addictive compulsion. It’s [...]

By Frank with 10 comments
Stuff iPods! Give a Goat!
Stuff iPods! Give a Goat!

Christmas is looming up fast and with it, the usual pressures of gift giving amongst people who already have everything they need. So once again you’re going to be wracking your brains about what to give your loved ones and chances are, you’re going to spend more than you can afford. Welcome to the ghost of Christmas consumerism. As the [...]

By Frank with 5 comments