Artist: Victor Dubreuil For a long time now I have believed that Walter Brueggemann is one of the most important theologians/biblical scholars writing today. I had the enormous privilege of meeting him and hearing him speak here in Tulsa a few years ago. What he says below is really important, I think. Even urgent:
-- Walter BrueggemannThough many of us are well intentioned, we have invested our lives in consumerism. We have a love affair with ‘more’—and we will never have enough. Consumerism is not simply a marketing strategy. It has become a demonic spiritual force among us, and the theological question facing us is whether the Gospel has the power to help us withstand it.
WOW--that hits hard.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know, Jan. I thought so too.
ReplyDeletei think he's right in telling us that it's just not a marketing strategy. look at what we are willing to give up in order to have more "stuff"?
ReplyDeleteI appreciate his question about "whether the gospel can help us to understand it".
ReplyDeleteI would like to hear some thoughts on the subject...
annie c
woops...I see that I read it wrong. Can the gospel help us to withstand this addiction to consumerism?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I don't think so. But it's a great question and something to ponder.
annie c