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Enough: Contentment in an Age of Excess
In an age of conspicuous consumption when children worry more about their clothes than their grades, the world is being drained of its natural resources, and every universal temptation is dangled in front of us, is it possible to be content? In Enough, Will and Lisa Samson address the idea of finding contentment in this age of excess. With a casual, accessible writing styl...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
March 1st 2009
by David C. Cook
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I often like to read the introduction/acknowledgements of books, because it gives a little insight to who the author is and a small preview of things to come. In this case, we were encouraged to read the introduction for this very reason,this is unusual in itself because your normally don't see that in a book. The thing that I learned was that I really didn't learn anything substantial about the author. The one thing that I was not sure of was what this book was about. The title says that it is...more
Interesting book I may try to have some of my Economics students read. This is one of those books that shares lots of Anabaptist ideas about the church, community and what it means to be Christian living in the U.S. It is a bit more intellectual than Living-More-With-Less but it fits well. The thing is,it is not written by a Mennonite, but to me it reflects many of the positive parts of being Mennonite. Another way of saying this is, I really didn't learn anything new, though I did like the way...more
There's a lot here to like. Samson makes some really good points. I found myself wishing I could do a lot of underlining, only it was a library book, so I couldn't! Even though Samson and I come from differnt Christian denominations with different doctrine (He being an evangelist protistant, myself a mormon), I agreed with him on his ideas of consumerism and how much of this keeps us from following Jesus, how consumerism does not just pertain to material things, but to ideas, entertainment, info...more
I almost gave this book 3 stars, because I think he had some good things to say about the US not being a "Christian" nation, God not being a capitalist, and the need for less individuality and more community. However, the overall message I got from the book was a moralistic, "we need to act better and do better and just be like Jesus" message, with the motivation being the same as the message. In other words, no real motivation at all. Not that we shouldn't be like Jesus, but I have a real probl...more
Yet another conservative Christian finding new life in the way of the cross. He nicely aims to ground his vision in the Eucharist, and overall he provides many helpful arguments. Still, something was lacking. I think it might have been that the book lingered in the autobiographical too long or the overall vision still seemed self-focused. It didn't seem driven by a passion for others, just for getting oneself situated correctly. Maybe I had unfair expectations.
OK, so I think this book is for a particular person, and that person isn't me.
My review may not be completely fair, because I only read the first two-three chapters and skimmed the rest, but it basically was telling me stuff I'd already figured out years ago.
In fact, the introduction was more inspiring than the book, and even that was only really down to writing style.
Nothing new here folks...move along...(that is, unless you're chasing the American Dream or similar, are an advocate for current...more
My review may not be completely fair, because I only read the first two-three chapters and skimmed the rest, but it basically was telling me stuff I'd already figured out years ago.
In fact, the introduction was more inspiring than the book, and even that was only really down to writing style.
Nothing new here folks...move along...(that is, unless you're chasing the American Dream or similar, are an advocate for current...more
Theologically I don't like much of this guy's substance (what substance there is), but it provided much for reflection on how I use my resources, community, etc. Definitely recommended!
I enjoyed this book. Caused us to cut back on our newspaper from everyday to just Sunday and Thursday.
The title tells the whole story. This is a book worth reading.
There were some great nuggets in this book, but overall, I think he spent too much time and energy on the background information and lost steam toward the end. Nonetheless, it was worth the read!
Mar 03, 2012
John
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great book on what it will take for believers not to buy in to the cult of "more". The last five chapters bring the discussion very down to earth.
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