Ideas
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Not only challenge yourself with fair trade spending, but encourage your communities - workmates, community groups (eg churches, sport clubs) and family and neighbours to buy fair trade, restrict consumerism, increase charitable giving, using charity girft catalogues. For example TEAR Australia's gift catalogue - many organisations have similar things. I have started holding fair trade suppers a [ Read More ]
This idea is a bit intense.
What might it look like for you to downsize your life? How could "downward mobility" replace our culture's sinful insistence on upward mobility? Maybe God is asking you to sell a cherished vehicle and buy one that's less flashy and more fuel-efficient. Maybe, like our pastor friend in Southern California, you're being asked to sell your house and move i [ Read More ]
What might it look like for you to downsize your life? How could "downward mobility" replace our culture's sinful insistence on upward mobility? Maybe God is asking you to sell a cherished vehicle and buy one that's less flashy and more fuel-efficient. Maybe, like our pastor friend in Southern California, you're being asked to sell your house and move i [ Read More ]
We are consumers. And consumers often oppress the poor and defenseless, whether deliberately or not. Buying fair trade items--everything from chocoloate to furrniture to shoes--helps to ensure that those who work to provide the procts we consume are fairly compensated for their labor. Comit to purchasing fair trade items whenever psosbiele, or take a first step and discover more about the many [ Read More ]
Try for a week to limit your personal or family spending. Remember, more than a third of the world's population--40 percent--survives on less than $2 per day. Try limiting yourself to $5-$10 per day for a week. Food, transportation, entertainment, clothing, and so on. Consider it a fast from Luxury. Doubtless, you'll be frustrated by how limited your options are. But allow yourself to pray f [ Read More ]
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