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The Joy of Moving

Moving from one home to another can bring up a lot of emotions, and it’s typically the case that many of those emotions are not ones that feel good. But as my husband Will and I prepare to move from New York City to Upstate New York, there is one

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God's guidance, Life, Minimizing, Moving, Priorities, Reset, Simplicity

Looking Forward

My husband Will and I recently went to see the musical Hadestown, based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, a talented musician, and Eurydice fall in love, but Eurydice soon dies from a snakebite. Orpheus travels to the Underworld and convinces Hades, the ruler of the Underworld,

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God's guidance, Habit Breaking, Life, Meaning, Priorities, Simplicity, Vocation

Instant Garbage

Have you ever bought something small that sounded like a good idea at the time, but ended up being useless or broken in a matter of minutes? You’re not alone. Chances are, you’ve experienced this at least once, and know the frustration that comes with buying something that ends up

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Boundaries, Consumerism, Decluttering, God's Love, Money

Price Gouging

In the United States, there is a wide range of acceptable price ranges for goods and services. For example, I live in Manhattan in New York City, which is the second-most expensive city in the U.S. When you live, work, and play in New York City, you know that– for

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Consumerism, Counter-Culture, God's guidance, Health, Money, Priorities

Wisdom is Better Than Money

Real riches are the riches possessed inside. B.C. Forbes, founder of Forbes magazine When people gauge success in consumer society, it’s typically based on salary and the accumulation of wealth/material possessions. As you make more money, and amass more money and possessions, you continue to be more and more “successful.”

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Consumerism, Contentment, Counter-Culture, God's guidance, Money, Priorities

A-Dressing Joy

Note: This is a guest post by Johanna Rehbaum, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Pittsford, NY. She enjoys pine-covered mountains, perfectly ripe avocados, writing theological reflections, and jam sessions with her husband and two young children. She can often be caught mindlessly harmonizing.  Joy: Our Natural State I had

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Consumerism, Contentment, Experimenting, Freedom, God's Love, Reset, Simplicity

Thoreau and the Spiritual Myth of Isolation

I, like many who attended American high school, remember reading and learning about Henry David Thoreau. A naturalist who eschewed society, he is especially known for his famous book Walden. Thoreau lived in a simple cabin on Walden Pond for 2 years, only ate beans, and spent his time alone

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Community, Food, God's Love, Life, Prayer, Simplicity, Wilderness

Love in All the Wrong Places

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions One of the things I love about being part of the human race is that God has created each of us to be uniquely different. We each have

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Consumerism, Counter-Culture, God's Love, Habit Breaking, Priorities, Simplicity

Languishing

As the pandemic continues to drag on, many of us are having a difficult time feeling positive or excited about life, as well as feeling unmotivated and/or stuck. If you’ve felt like this, you’re not alone. I’ve felt it myself– It’s usually accompanied by a sense of numbness, apathy, or

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Contentment, Difficult Times, God's Love, Health, Prayer, Self-Care, Simplicity

Time is Not Money

Benjamin Franklin once wrote a famous quotation about money that still haunts us today: Remember that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or

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Consumerism, Counter-Culture, God's guidance, Money, Priorities, Rest, Sabbath, Simplicity, Time
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