Suffering from Consumption

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

How can a bellicose nation find peace?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Make our ways your ways.
Make our will your will.
Make our days your days.
Make our lives your lives.
For your glory and our neighbors’ good.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Isn’t it great that we can show forbearance to the money-changers in the temple courtyard?”

[Not the way the story went, so NO HE DID NOT SAY THAT!]

D. Blog: Wilderness of Excess

We have too much. It might not seem like it in this society, but we do. Too much space in many of our houses. Too much stuff filling our rooms, walls, closets and storage facilities. Too much food for many of us. Too many things, activities, destinations, organizations, churches, entertainment options from which to choose. Too much “news”, politics and political commentary from too many people who would be better off finding productive employment instead of puffing themselves up because they have an audience.

We lack purpose and power to correct and combat our excess. We lack honest pride, not the posturing and boastful kind, but the humble pride of self-confidence. There are no prophets in these days who can face the skeptical, critical, cynical attacks of those Amos called cows (and bulls) of Bashan in his age, who might be called the bloated bulls of Wall Street and media conglomerates in our age.

Is there a voice crying out in this wilderness of excess?