tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741946524740642424.post7289267852223133119..comments2023-03-25T04:54:06.837-07:00Comments on Rev Peter's Environmental Notes: The cure to the world’s financial disaster is more of that which caused the pain! (You didn’t believe that, did you?)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741946524740642424.post-51444863117366115652009-05-05T08:24:00.000-07:002009-05-05T08:24:00.000-07:00I enjoyed this the first time I read it and I'm en...I enjoyed this the first time I read it and I'm enjoying it again!<br /><br />After having spent the last few days clearing around the furniture of my friend the owner of the building so that it could get moved out so renovations of his unit could begin, I wonder anew what power all his stuff has over him. We filled a 15' x 15' unit with just furniture! The rest of the stuff is still there laying about. <br /><br />Jesus' comment that you can't serve God and money could also be interpreted as not being able to serve God because your stuff is more important. My goal is to be rid of everything for which I have no regular use long before I shuffle off this mortal coil. I'm down to having all my earthly possesions (except for car, bicycle and some gardening equipment) fit into my 600 sqft apartment. And I still think I have too much stuff!<br /><br />Maybe it's a good thing I got rid of my tv seven years ago? Not reading the newspaper all that closely, not listening to commercial radio and sticking to a handful of non- or barely commercial websites and blogs keeps the "shop, shop, shop" messages down to almost zero. Have to say I'm much happier because of it.<br /><br />Kerri in AKhomebrewlibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416576263218131568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741946524740642424.post-19999892644663185732009-04-05T05:05:00.000-07:002009-04-05T05:05:00.000-07:00In life unfulfilled and in death lost... I have ye...In life unfulfilled and in death lost... <BR/><BR/>I have yet to take a funeral where the cortège has included a removal truck or have yet to talk to someone near death who has lamented losing 'that last sale'.Rev. Peter Doodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15095282505667909048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741946524740642424.post-60874598201459689962009-04-04T14:53:00.000-07:002009-04-04T14:53:00.000-07:00"a life that is centred on our possessions is a li..."a life that is centred on our possessions is a life that is not fulfilled in His eyes."<BR/>An understatement Fr.Peter. The barn builder in Luke 12 heard this<BR/>"But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided"<BR/>Not merely unfulfilled, but lost.equa yona(Big Bear)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09077234314632732773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741946524740642424.post-75831856403460070212009-04-01T12:38:00.000-07:002009-04-01T12:38:00.000-07:00Is it too much to hope that the present situation ...Is it too much to hope that the present situation will teach us leasons that we will remember when this present crisis becomes just a memory. I do hope so but I am not hopeful.<BR/><BR/>MargaretMargaret's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736694208684946814noreply@blogger.com