…One is to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. — GK Chesterton
Samuel Kwon has written a great post, Poverty & Greed, about how we might, as the church, direct our anti-poverty movements. These are much needed words:
I wish the Christian movements would, in addition to calling us to fight poverty, call us to fight greed fearlessly, the love of money that tries to buy comfort in the form of nicer cars, bigger houses, newer kitchens, and (allegedly) better lives.
Of course, this is treading into dangerous territory — the realm of personal finances has become somewhat akin to the holy of holies into which others may only dare enter at great risk of bodily harm.
headsparks* 