tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472832.post109208037438357840..comments2023-12-04T06:13:59.920+00:00Comments on Simon Says ...: Consumerism and the ChurchSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11353689859677140543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472832.post-1105382444514529982005-01-10T18:40:00.000+00:002005-01-10T18:40:00.000+00:00Great blog. I've been grappling with consumerism ...Great blog. I've been grappling with consumerism for a while on my blog www.missionthink.com In fact, I'm in the early stages of coordinating a conference on the church and consumerism. Blogging can reinforce consumerism, since it offers instant product with low cost (which is a driving value of consumerism)...it also reinforces the notion that my choices are sovereign, since when I surf Mark Van Steenwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750433637794186308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472832.post-1092132322346864722004-08-10T11:05:00.000+01:002004-08-10T11:05:00.000+01:00good thoughts, simon. Finker said recently, after ...good thoughts, simon. Finker said recently, after he had taken quite a long break from blogging, that he noticed the same range of issues keep recurring - so perhaps there is a bit more continuity and sustained thought than we fear. Recently (now I've been blogging more than 6 months) I started collecting up various posts I'd written on the same subject to see whether together, they constituted maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246507654740964519noreply@blogger.com