“The answer to materialism is actually to become more materialistic in the true sense of the word, not to seek possession of objects for a spiritual deliverable, but to value an object for its own inherent beauty and goodness.”
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Absolutely. Christian doctrines of creation and incarnation point to the truth that God’s presence always is mediated — and imply, where they don’t make clear, that any aspect of creation is a worthy bearer of His presence. Or so I believe. 🙂
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How wonderful! You are going to be in gardening heaven with those raised beds! I like that quote.
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I have been using those nice raised bed boxes for over a year now, but the picture of my son building them seemed to be a good illustration of the point of the article I linked to…
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So glad you posted that quote. It is a very good quote too.
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If the quote is reflective of the book as a whole, I may need to find a copy to read. And share with a few people I know.
Thank for sharing!
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What I linked to is a blog post, and it in turn mentions a Netflix documentary, and refers to another article or two, but I don’t think there is whole book mentioned here. So maybe you could read more 🙂 – as I hope to.
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I didn’t catch that it was a link! Thanks for mentioning that. 🙂 Off to read.
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Wonderful. I have found making things by hand – gardening, drawing, knitting, cooking – have been a great antidote to the horror that is our new despot-in-chief AKA Russian operative. Thank you.
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Totally agree with this beautiful quote. Will have to chase down his book for more.
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Totally agree with this lovely quote … will have to chase down the book. Thanks for the link.
Brenda
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Brenda, I don’t think there is a book to read, but the article I linked to provides some food for thought: http://dappledthings.org/10936/minimalism-gets-it-wrong/
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I like this. I like the pic of your son building your garden boxes. That’s a special gift and worthy of appreciation.
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I love that idea, and Adam and I have come around to this thinking over the years. So many Christians seem to diminish the importance and value of the beautiful, useful physical world God has made, even ourselves and our own bodies, insisting on a dematerialized, “spiritual” state. To us, a true understanding of the New Earth is a very physical understanding, and embracing of the beauties God has put HERE, and wonder and amazement that He will make it all perfect THERE. Thanks for the lovely quote!
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