Dr. Harold Olds - “Faith Break” - Conspicuous Consumption Competition
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006 at 5:36 pm by carol
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, when I’m on the way to work, I make sure my radio is on 97.9 so I can hear “Faith Break” by Dr. Harold Olds around 7:45 a.m. Dr. Olds is the pastor of Brentwood United Methodist Church, and “Faith Break” is a short, positive message for the day.
This morning’s topic was a particularly good one. Dr. Olds talked about “conspicuous consumption competition” and how people feel the need for more and more “stuff.”
Then he ended with a really good quote. I was driving and couldn’t write it down immediately. So my quote may not be exact. However, it’s close:
“Identity isn’t determined by what you have. Identity is an inside job.”
Amen.
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Douglas V. Gibbs Says:
Great quote.
beth Says:
That is a great quote.
I am suddenly faced with the prospect of assisting with cleaning out my mother-in-law’s house. My sister-in-law and I have been discussing the last couple of days (since her funeral) the amount of ’stuff’ she has (had} and how we will have to go through every piece of paper in every file, because we don’t know what she had or didn’t have.
Those things meant something to her, but it’s just ’stuff’ to us and a chore we have to do.
That makes me stop and look at all my ’stuff’ and realize it’s really not that important.
carol Says:
Beth, I didn’t know that your mother-in-law had died! Please tell your beloved curmudgeon that I’m sorry to hear that - and that I’ll put him and his family in my prayers.