In 2018, I participated in a year of no shopping. It was an eye-opening experience, and it taught me a lot about consumption, the use of our God-given resources, and needs vs. wants. After that year, I did a less official follow-up year of no shopping, with the same rules,
When I was a kid, we watched a lot of Christmas specials geared for children. And I mean A LOT. The month of December was always marked by eating a piece of chocolate every day from our Advent calendar and watching a ridiculous amount of specialty Christmas shows. When you
Hi! My name is Becca, and I’m an online shopping addict. It began when I got sick back in 2015 after the death of our son, and no one could figure out what was wrong with me for years. I sat on the couch feeling horrible (physically, emotionally, and spiritually).
I once lived in a geographic area in which there was always one “cool” or trendy church. It was the church that everyone and their mother– literally– went to for worship. No matter where you were in town, you heard about what was going on at this church. The interesting
Well, I did it! I went a whole year without shopping. When I wrote about the start of my no shopping year at the beginning of 2018, I had no idea what was in store (pun intended). I didn’t know how I would react to only buying necessities, and how my year-long
It’s that time when everyone starts thinking about the upcoming year, and many of us start making New Year’s resolutions. Here’s a question for you: How many New Year’s resolutions have you made in the past? And how many of them have you actually kept for the whole year? If
One of the questions I get asked a lot is some version of “How does your husband feel about this Christian minimalism thing??” Well, I recently got to sit down with my husband Will to talk about his experience with Christian minimalism– and what it’s like being married to a
“[Jesus said:] Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15) There’s nothing like having all of your earthly possessions loaded onto a truck to realize just how much you own. For the last 6
On New Year’s Day, 2018, my No Shopping Year began. (If you want to read more about my No Shopping Year, you can go here.) On that first day of the year, I spent about an hour unsubscribing to hundreds (OK, more like 50 or so, but it felt like
Well, the time has come to explain why I will be mostly steering clear of malls, other shopping areas, and online retail websites during 2018. I am not shopping this year. I have decided to do a year of no shopping, which I started on January 1st. Yes, you read