I read a couple weeks ago the story of a German billionaire who killed himself. His name is Adolf Merckle and he was the 94th richest person in 2008. In the wave of a global economic crisis, Mr. Merckle lost 535 million dollars because of ”wrong-way bets on Volkswagen shares.” His family explained that the [...]
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The god named Mammon
Posted in Materialism on January 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Living in a Trailer Park for God’s Glory
Posted in Family, Femininity, Marriage, Masculinity, Materialism on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Men, it is good to provide for your family financially. However, this provision is sometimes confused with living the American dream, which is a house with a white picket fence, a wife and 2.5 kids, two reliable cars, and successful mutual funds and a healthy 401K. Sometimes achieving this dream comes at great coast to women, [...]
Americans as consumeristic pigs
Posted in Materialism on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This year is the first in which I heard about Buy Nothing Day. This day is an informal movement not to buy anything on Black Friday. They were and are trying to get ads to run on MTV, but apparently MTV has refused because the content may not be “appropriate” for their viewers. That is irony. [...]
What would Jesus buy?
Posted in Materialism on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
“The Shopocalypse is upon us … Who will be $aved?” Is the tagline of a new film What Would Jesus Buy? This film came out conveniently in time for Black Friday, or Buy Nothing Day (which is informal movement not to buy anything on Black Friday). CNN.com gives this summary:
Buy Nothing Day is getting a [...]
