 | Simple Living |
Sat, 21 Dec 1996
Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 336
How compatible is simple living with a computer/internet culture?
Shalom! Rowland Croucher
Director, John Mark Ministries - resources for pastors/leaders.
(Bookroom, library, and worldwide F.W.Boreham Trading Post)
Home Page: http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm
TREND SEEN TOWARD SIMPLE LIVING
(RNS) "Voluntary simplicity" is a grassroots movement
destined to have deep social, political, and economic
effects well into the 21st century, according to Gerald
Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute in
Rhinebeck, N.Y. "We track 300 different trends daily, and
none in the 16 years that we've been at this has generated
as much interest as voluntary simplicity," said Celente.
According to "Yearning for Balance," a 1995 study by the
Merck Family Foundation, Americans are vexed by the tide of
rampant materialism that followed World War II. The study
asked Americans from all walks of life their opinions on
material consumption.
"People of all backgrounds ... believe materialism,
greed, and selfishness increasingly dominate American life."
The Merck study showed that 62% of respondents agreed
with the statement, "I would like to simplify my life." And
28% of respondents had in the past five years made changes
in their lives that resulted in lower incomes: They reduced
work hours, went to lower-paying jobs, or quit work to stay
at home. (Religion News Service, www.nj.com/RNS)
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Read and Recommend:
SIMPLICITY: RECONCILING YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR VALUES by Edward
G. Dobson ($9.99 / ISBN 0-310-48701-3 / Softcover / 192 pp.
/ 1995 / Zondervan). This nationally-known pastor explains
how to experience joy and peace spiritually, relationally,
and emotionally through biblical principles for simplifying
life.
SIMPLE WONDERS: THE DISARMING PLEASURE OF LOOKING BEYOND THE
SEEN by Christopher De Vinck ($12.99 / ISBN 0-310-48691-2 /
Hardcover / 144 pp. / 1995 / Zondervan). The author, whose
works have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, uncovers the
truth and beauty in the ordinary of life in this book of
daily meditations.
THREADS OF PARADISE: IN THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE by
Christopher De Vinck ($12.99 / ISBN 0-310-49931-3 /
Hardcover / 192 pp. / 1996 / Zondervan). More of De Vinck's
life-enriching perspective.
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL: EXPERIENCING GOD IN NEW WAYS by Ken
Gire ($14.99 / ISBN 0-310-20397-X / Hardcover / 208 pp. /
1996 / Zondervan). Provides a fresh approach for people who
long for a richer experience of the presence of God and
deeper meaning in everyday life. Endorsed by recording
artist Michael Card.
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Remind your congregation that, to help them strengthen their
daily spiritual life, they should regularly visit your
church library and local Christian bookstore.
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