As my husband and I have been on this journey of trying to think more critically about our stuff, one of the voices I have appreciated is Tsh Oxenrider. If you haven’t checked out her blog “the Art of Simple” it’s worth a skim. Most lifestyle blogs have you getting to the end of aContinue reading “Adventures in Simplicity”
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What worked for me in 2016
There’s this thing that a lot of bloggers (also ) I follow do at the end of the year– reflect on “what worked” and what didn’t. It’s a great tool to reflect over the past year and integrate new things into the year ahead. Since things have been pretty serious around the blog the past fewContinue reading “What worked for me in 2016”
Common Good
What we see in Acts and the writings of Paul is that our material possessions are a barometer of our hearts: “What we do or do not do with our material possessions is an indicator of the Spirit’s presence of absence”. There is not a confiscation of private property. There is also not a commandContinue reading “Common Good”
Neither Poverty nor Riches (book Summary)
In part one, I gave a picture of how stuff is distributed in our world. I wanted to do that because after reading this book, the biggest take away is as people who follow Jesus we should be very concerned about economic inequality. In the book (aptly titled Neither Poverty Nor Riches, by Craig Blomberg )Continue reading “Neither Poverty nor Riches (book Summary)”
Stuff Wars: Tidying Up
The Stuff Series: Since being in America, I’ve been thinking a lot more about possessions and the amount of stuff I own, and how I interact with this stuff. Here’s the first bit. I finally read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. This is coupled with a new obsessionContinue reading “Stuff Wars: Tidying Up”
Stephanie Ebert 