The Carrot Doesn't Deliver

If there is one message that comes to us in ten thousand seductive voices, it's the message of our country and our century that life does consist of things. ...

Better Off Isn't Always Better

Years ago there was a missionary in Africa by the name of Dan Crawford. He was returning from Africa to the United States one time, and to do so he was ...

A Car, a Watch, and an Arm

I heard a joke this past week about a young man who was driving his BMW around a curve when he realized the car was out of control and about to plummet ...

Worth Fighting For?

The Bishop of Assisi once said to St. Francis, "I think your life is too hard, too rough. You don't possess anything in this world." And ...

All Flesh Is as Grass

Consumerism is fed by a desire to forget our mortality.

You Can't Always Get What You Want ...

In his book Maverick, Ricardo Semler tells of a lesson he learned working at Semco: "We were in yet another meeting ... when we came to the purchase ...

Our Best Asset

Capitalism gets to stride around our society as objective truth. Everybody from Girl Scouts to collectors for the IRS agrees that money works.

Why doesn't ...

Nothing Needed

Socrates was wont to say—"They are most happy and nearest the Gods that needed nothing." And coming once up into the Exchange at Athens, ...

Problem or Expense?

Any problem that can be solved with money isn't a problem. It's an expense.

Don't Clutter

Don't own so much clutter

That you will be relieved

To see your house catch fire.