Comments on: Avarice http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:36:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Bible and Opec « Scott Cheatham’s Weblog http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-39575 The Bible and Opec « Scott Cheatham’s Weblog Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:43:48 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-39575 [...] than the overall price and you’ll see the difference. My blogging friend Dan Edelen has been hammering on this point for several months now and he’s spot on with his [...]

[...] than the overall price and you’ll see the difference. My blogging friend Dan Edelen has been hammering on this point for several months now and he’s spot on with his [...]

]]> By: Naomi http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37522 Naomi Thu, 01 May 2008 03:16:42 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37522 Thank you so much for your posts like these, Dan. This summer my dh and I are starting a garden in our backyard. In addition to the motivation of enjoying home-grown tomatoes, your post encouraging people to start incorporating survival strategies in their lives--i.e., learning how to use their land to grow food--has been on my mind the last while. Growing up, summers with my family were consumed with backbreaking rows of green beans and corn--I was so ready to be done with that grimy job when I moved out! But now I'm realizing how just useful those sustainability skills might be in the not-so-distant future. Not to pick a bone or anything, but in relation to Frank's comments above, I think the argument could be made that regulations for corporations have been diminished in the last few years, not strengthened. I would say regulation roll-backs in the last decades have contributed to the polarization of wealth more than the costs of litigation have. I agree that there are problems with frivolous lawsuits and average Americans, but they're a tiny fraction of the billions that corporations are syphoning away from deserving workers--or workers who would be deserving if their minimum-wage jobs didn't drain away all morale Thank you so much for your posts like these, Dan. This summer my dh and I are starting a garden in our backyard. In addition to the motivation of enjoying home-grown tomatoes, your post encouraging people to start incorporating survival strategies in their lives–i.e., learning how to use their land to grow food–has been on my mind the last while.

Growing up, summers with my family were consumed with backbreaking rows of green beans and corn–I was so ready to be done with that grimy job when I moved out! But now I’m realizing how just useful those sustainability skills might be in the not-so-distant future.

Not to pick a bone or anything, but in relation to Frank’s comments above, I think the argument could be made that regulations for corporations have been diminished in the last few years, not strengthened. I would say regulation roll-backs in the last decades have contributed to the polarization of wealth more than the costs of litigation have. I agree that there are problems with frivolous lawsuits and average Americans, but they’re a tiny fraction of the billions that corporations are syphoning away from deserving workers–or workers who would be deserving if their minimum-wage jobs didn’t drain away all morale

]]> By: Frank http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37516 Frank Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:00:26 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37516 Thank you, Dan-- that's most helpful. I think Professor Warren's point is valid, i.e., that overconsumption isn't the root cause of the middle class squeeze, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty of avarice to go around. Fair enough. Thank you, Dan– that’s most helpful. I think Professor Warren’s point is valid, i.e., that overconsumption isn’t the root cause of the middle class squeeze, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of avarice to go around. Fair enough.

]]> By: David Riggins http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37515 David Riggins Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:41:39 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2008/04/avarice.html#comment-37515 Dan, I've been praying for you and your family. I know that whatever He has in store it will be a) difficult, and b) the best thing for you. "Content" is another word that is passed over or misused. Paul said that in whatever situation, he had learned to be content. Christians, I think, are very discontented people. I'm not sure why, other than the fact that we are too often conformed to this world, which thrives on discontent. We need to learn contentment. Dan, I’ve been praying for you and your family. I know that whatever He has in store it will be a) difficult, and b) the best thing for you.

“Content” is another word that is passed over or misused. Paul said that in whatever situation, he had learned to be content. Christians, I think, are very discontented people. I’m not sure why, other than the fact that we are too often conformed to this world, which thrives on discontent.

We need to learn contentment.

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