March 25th 2007 Affluenza: Fighting and (excess of waste) with a (surplus of love) On Earth as it is in Heaven

You don’t realize how wealthy you are. Honestly. You’re loaded. The average American annually earns 360% more than the average citizen of the world, spending $32/day on things we don’t need (like lipstick, restaurant food, and online gambling), while two billion people survive daily on less than 1/16th of our extravagance.

It seems that our abundance often blinds us to the crippling deficiences of consumerism to truly address our greatest need: love. “All you need is love” (wasn’t it Shakespeare who said that?)

See, we’ve got to start thinking differently about what we have to offer the world. We have resources we can use to help others, but in no way are those resources merely financial. No, we have so much more.

Our series on affluenza is a sober indictment of the excesses and sheer waste in our consumer-oriented society. it’s our response to the money machine of humanity.

March 18th 2007 Affluenza: Fighting and (excess of waste) with a (surplus of love) Waste Not, Want Not

You don’t realize how wealthy you are. Honestly. You’re loaded. The average American annually earns 360% more than the average citizen of the world, spending $32/day on things we don’t need (like lipstick, restaurant food, and online gambling), while two billion people survive daily on less than 1/16th of our extravagance.

It seems that our abundance often blinds us to the crippling deficiences of consumerism to truly address our greatest need: love. “All you need is love” (wasn’t it Shakespeare who said that?)

See, we’ve got to start thinking differently about what we have to offer the world. We have resources we can use to help others, but in no way are those resources merely financial. No, we have so much more.

Our series on affluenza is a sober indictment of the excesses and sheer waste in our consumer-oriented society. it’s our response to the money machine of humanity.

March 11th 2007 To Kill a Mockingbird Message #2

In association with the Jackson District Library, Westwinds will be devoting two weeks to spiritual discussion surrounding the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper Lee. Set in Alabama during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird revels in the innocence of a young girl as she engages the injustice of her town. At turns provocative and empathetic, the novel compels us to listen to the voice of our spirit and be governed by conscience and grace.