Tag: materialism

“Stuff” is one of those words in English that has so many meanings it almost defies definition.

Scripture continually warns us against showing preference to the wealthy. (James 2:2-4) Yet the less-heralded “ism” known as classism runs rampant throughout American Christianity. Nowhere is its presence more glaring than in the so-called Prosperity Gospel.

My greatest challenge is when I try to say no repeatedly to a person who won’t take no for an answer. I need to learn how to say no politely, kindly and firmly. And in all my years, I have not been practiced at doing so.

I am not my body. I am a spiritual being, a child of God. And yet I am on this material plane – at least for this lifetime.