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consumerism, Great Commission, materialism, Missions, simplicity

Feel like Dorothy from Wizard of Oz?

July 11, 2014 No Comments

Ever feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, caught up in a whirlwind of business? I step on the soil in Dominic Republic. Off the grid; no running water, only a short time each day on a generator with electricity; dust and dirt everywhere. Still, somehow I settle into a peace I have desperately needed. […]

destitute, greed, homeless, needy, poor, simplicity

My Homeless Friend Steve and Our Theology of Excess

March 4, 2014 7 Comments

We have an hour to spare. I wasn’t even looking for him. “That’s him, that’s Steve”, I gasp to my spouse. In a parking lot, leaning up against the light post, wearing the same dirty green, army jacket he wore the last time I talked to him. His furry friend still close. Nothing has changed, except […]