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The consumerism of Christmas (and every other day of the year)
21 December 2022
Colossians Remixed: Placing ourselves
13 April 2021
What’s the problem with consumerism? Eight reasons.
8 April 2021
Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
30 March 2021
The church we need (but don’t have) to dethrone consumerism
26 March 2021
What we expect
2 March 2021
Consumerism remains a deadly enemy to faith
18 December 2019
Ad Pictura
17 July 2019
The Curiosity Index (08.11.2018)
8 November 2018
The Curiosity Index (13.08.2018)
13 August 2018
Living with startling abundance
20 April 2018
The Curiosity Index (18.04.2018)
18 April 2018
The Curiosity Index (22.12.2017)
22 December 2017
The Curiosity Index (15.12.2017)
15 December 2017
Drink this!
28 February 2017
Cathedrals of consumerism
22 July 2016
Overflowing Abundance
24 June 2015
God’s antidote to consumerism
22 June 2015
The Curiosity Index (Weekend Edition 18.04.2015)
18 April 2015
The Curiosity Index (26.03.2015)
26 March 2015
The Curiosity Index (11.02.2015)
11 February 2015
The richer you become the less important God becomes
18 January 2012
Make lent 2012 time for a consumer detox
17 January 2012
Christmas, consumers, gifts and gratitude
20 December 2011
Book Review: Enough is enough
14 October 2011
Let the children play
26 September 2011
London’s Burning: Is consumerism to blame?
12 August 2011
Money, materialism and the Gospel – Links
9 August 2011
Trueman on consumerism
4 July 2011
Redefining Radical
12 April 2011
Why David Platt and James MacDonald are both wrong on money
11 April 2011
Trueman & Meynell on capitalism
21 February 2011
Trueman on consumerism (and the Superbowl)
14 February 2011
Book Review: Consumer Detox
14 January 2011
All consuming: part 4
13 January 2011
All consuming: part 3
12 January 2011
All consuming: part 2
11 January 2011
All consuming: part 1
10 January 2011
Sell your possessions and give to the poor
5 January 2011
Be here now
3 November 2010
The dangers of a consumer church
2 November 2010
Swipely: Social network for consumers
29 October 2010
Why does retail therapy feel so good?
1 September 2010
Not the end of consumerism
16 August 2010
How will we be judged?
10 August 2010
Kingdom of Comfort
7 August 2010
Lifestyle Choices
29 July 2010
Breaking the chains of consumerism
12 July 2010
Apple: The New Religion?
5 July 2010
Consumerism: It’s not about the poor
24 March 2010
Consumerism: It’s not about the environment
17 March 2010
Are adverts morally neutral?
12 March 2010
Why challenge consumerism?
12 March 2010
We intend to reexamine our lives
22 February 2010
In defiance of advertising
19 February 2010
Why haven't we got the message?
18 February 2010
A storm called ‘Brian’
17 February 2010
Book Review: Enough
4 February 2010
In an ocean of material prosperity
19 January 2010
Book Review: Counterfeit Gods
3 December 2009
Adbusting: LG Seamless Entertainment
30 November 2009
Book Review: Affluenza
26 November 2009
Book Review: The Busy Christian’s Guide to Busyness
12 November 2009
The post-crisis consumer
28 October 2009
Top 10 books on consumerism
21 October 2009
Big Ideas that changed the world: Consumerism
17 September 2009
Consumerism (animated)
15 September 2009
Consumerism, social justice and money
22 August 2009
Teenagers and Consumerism
5 August 2009
Willimon on: Advertising
31 July 2009
Consumerism and preaching
29 July 2009
Buying a new car
22 June 2009
‘Inimical to a healthy and happy life’
16 June 2009
Book Review: The Divine Commodity
15 May 2009
Our economic system is stupid
13 April 2009
Dare to break the mould
19 March 2009
Breathing Spaces
6 March 2009
Breaking the Consumer Mould (updated)
5 March 2009
What’s your first thought?
22 February 2009
Consuming Reflections: Everyone gathered enough
19 February 2009
Waking up from the consumer dream
5 February 2009
Stingy Christians
4 February 2009
Breaking the Consumer Mould (updated)
28 January 2009
Tibbert on: Leading in a time of financial crisis
23 January 2009
New Shoes
23 January 2009
The Fear
20 January 2009
We are the consumed
14 January 2009
Consuming Reflections: If you’re rich be like this
12 January 2009
Worldometers
12 January 2009
What to do with all those Christmas cards
3 January 2009
Economic crisis a ‘reality check’
30 December 2008
The Sunday Video: Advent Conspiracy
14 December 2008
Adbusting: PSP
10 December 2008
A new kind of capitalism?
9 December 2008
Consumerism in and outside the church
8 December 2008
Heslam on thrift
27 November 2008
The only way out is to spend
25 November 2008
what about the goal of our lives being the accumulation of wealth?
10 September 2008
Book Review: The Treasure Principle
4 September 2008
What about the desire for ownership?
1 September 2008
Latest Breathe update
26 August 2008
What about consumption?
14 August 2008
What about the consumer dream?
12 August 2008
Adbuster: Big Yellow
15 July 2008
Completely out of step
15 July 2008
You can buy nothing
13 June 2008
Volf: God is not a Santa Claus God
5 June 2008
The happiest place on earth…
2 June 2008
Consumerism is idolatry
2 June 2008
Teenage affluenza is spreading fast
26 April 2008
Bonhoeffer on: The Prize
15 April 2008
Communicating the Cross
28 March 2008
Travelling Light
7 March 2008
Travel Light
27 February 2008
The story of stuff
12 December 2007
It’s more than sharing stuff
23 October 2007
Boredom and Theft
26 September 2007
What's in your hand?
24 September 2007
Too much choice?
20 August 2007
Reflections on my Car
24 July 2007
Should I buy a new car?
21 July 2007
Stuff lust
6 July 2007
iPhone nonsense continues
2 July 2007
More iFuss over the iPhone
30 June 2007
Bibliophiliac?
23 June 2007
Eco-Consumerism
20 June 2007
A Satisfied Life
31 May 2007
Wikipedia explains
23 May 2007
Separating Kingdom from Culture
21 May 2007
Serve God Save the Planet
9 May 2007
Consuming People
17 April 2007
Kingdom Come
17 April 2007
Consumerism the alternative to Church
3 April 2007
Improving Society…
28 March 2007
Mother’s Day, Consumerism and Slavery
18 March 2007
Learning how to sell
27 February 2007
How to discover inner peace
9 February 2007
Consumer values
30 January 2007
iPhone fuss
12 January 2007
Indie confused over consumerism
28 December 2006
Happy Feet?
19 December 2006
Learning to Breathe
18 December 2006
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