Posted on May 23rd, 2013 in
Bangladesh,
Christianity,
clothing,
cultural change,
embodied faith,
environmentalism,
ethical living,
ethics,
garment workers,
God,
Kingdom of God,
local food,
money,
Western culture
Significant lifestyle changes (or even small changes) for the good of our earth and its inhabitants become sustainable and adoptable by a large population only when communal values change enough that healthier, more humane practices become the norm. Bi...
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 in
Bangladesh,
Christian responses to suffering,
Christianity,
clothing,
consumerism,
ethics,
family,
garment factories,
garment workers,
God,
grace,
helplessness,
kids,
money,
original sin,
parenthood,
poverty,
sin,
the twelve steps
I approach buying clothes for my children with the same compulsive attention to my kids’ individual needs and wants that I bring to Christmas gift buying. Focused attention to my kids’ clothing needs is, for me, as much an embodiment of mat...
My son’s Halloween costume—a rock star in the Freddy Mercury/Kiss/Steven Tyler over-the-top mode—was absolutely perfect for him. Not because he loves to sing and dreams of being on American Idol, although he does. But because this costume off...
Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a web portal devoted to religion and spirituality. I encourage my blog readers to click through to read these posts, comment, …