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Consumerism's root - clever marketing playing with our innate greed

Consumerism's root - clever marketing playing with our innate greed

When was the last time someone tried to sell you something? 10 minutes ago? Maybe an hour? At most, maybe a day? This would most likely be true if in the last 24 hours you have driven past a bus stop, opened the newspaper, logged onto Facebook, turned on your television or radio, read your favourite magazine, checked your emails or collected the contents of your mail box. .

  • The Cost of Living in 2013

    The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released in February the annual (2013) assessment of living costs around the world, and yet again, Australian cities have broken new ground www.eiu.com). We are now the second most expensive country in the world to live in with Sydney coming in 3rd place behind Tokyo and Osaka (Japan).

  • Imagine

    Imagination is a very powerful thing and it carries with it the possible. The world of the impossible does not exist with the imagination. Therefore how might the imagination and the possible come together and how might this be explored.

  • Pastor's Pastor Rowland Croucher review: John Falzon, The Language of the Unheard, Garratt Publishing, 2012

    The Pastor\'s Pastor the Reverend Dr Rowland Croucher introduces his review: In a recent article advocating an increase in the dole, St Vincent de Paul's Dr John Falzon was quoted as saying it's a matter of deep shame that unemployment benefits are kept low deliberately 'as a means of humiliating the very people they were originally designed to assist'

  • Listening to both sides of the story

    When was the last time you heard something about someone and immediately judged that person? Ever been hasty to accept a rumour or someone's condemnation of another person? The wise person always checks the source and makes an effort to listen to both sides of the story before making a decision. There is an excellent story in the Bible that illustrates this point.

  • Thanking God in everything

    I have been greatly inspired by a friend that attends the same church that I do. Whenever he is asked about any prayer request he may have, regardless of whatever issue he is facing that day, his immediate response is always that he just wants to thank God [for anything].

  • You lied to an officer are you guilty?

    We have all heard of the stories of so and so being pulled over for going 15 km/hour over and how he talked or she flirted her way out of the ticket. In fact, we high five them for doing so or laugh at the story they came up with, "you beat them again" we say, "way to go!"

  • Trust in God, no matter what the circumstances

    To introduce this story about myself, I'm initiating it with core Christian instruction, that as Christians we know that God loves us. He sent His only Son to earth to die for His children around 2,000 years ago. Hence, as children of God, we are forgiven from our sins. And we also know that God has different plans for His children, He wants to give the best to us in our specific situation.

  • The philosophy of #YOLO

    YOLO: If you haven't heard the term, then it's about time you did:

  • Human and being

    Have you ever wondered what a human is? When you get down to it the answer is almost in the question, as we realise that among the living beings on this planet we are probably the only ones dealing with Existentialism. But it's a legitimate question that surfaces from time to time.

  • The risk of forgetting our past

    Revelations 22 verse 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

  • The two realities of being a Christian: MasterChef and saying grace

    Once when my daughter was tiny, maybe two months old, we were living in the CBD of Melbourne. It was autumn, but for some reason, it was freezing. So I walked fast. I might add my husband is a race walker, so I have learnt a bit of the art of serious fast walking. I was walking fast because I was worried about my baby turning into an Icy Pole.