Posts under Tag: Consumerism
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 [...]

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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 embraces frugality of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 world [...]

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