Comments on: Theological Reflections on Home Ownership, 6: Community http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/ "ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta" - Dante, Inferno, XXI.139 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Tom Pratt http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1026 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:23:37 +0100 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1026 Really encouraging stuff. "Jesus of the Cul-de-Sac" in this month's Sojo underscores your concerns in the series. Really encouraging stuff.

“Jesus of the Cul-de-Sac” in this month’s Sojo underscores your concerns in the series.

]]> by: Tyler Watson http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1025 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:41:48 +0100 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1025 Thanks for your comment, Dan. I think that you're correct that there are many factors of modern life that lead us away from embodying true community and practicing real hospitality. Consumerism is a large beast that has a tendency to feed the worst parts of ourselves and our economy. It used to be called gluttony, but we don't like to employ that word much anymore. My fear is that we in the church have allowed consumerism to become a dominant if not the dominant narrative in how we approach our lives. We have allowed everything, including the way we see ourselves, to be commodified. Thanks for your comment, Dan. I think that you’re correct that there are many factors of modern life that lead us away from embodying true community and practicing real hospitality. Consumerism is a large beast that has a tendency to feed the worst parts of ourselves and our economy. It used to be called gluttony, but we don’t like to employ that word much anymore. My fear is that we in the church have allowed consumerism to become a dominant if not the dominant narrative in how we approach our lives. We have allowed everything, including the way we see ourselves, to be commodified.

]]> by: Dan http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1023 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:46:14 +0100 http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/#comment-1023 Some good thoughts. Perhaps another reason for the loss of hospitality and the communal use of home is the overstimulation of our consumer, success, entertainment saturated lives leaves little time or energy to practice communal hospitatlity. On my reading list is the book, "Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming god and Other Strangers" by Elizabeth Newman. I've just started reading it but it seems she is addressing the same issue somewhat. Some good thoughts. Perhaps another reason for the loss of hospitality and the communal use of home is the overstimulation of our consumer, success, entertainment saturated lives leaves little time or energy to practice communal hospitatlity.

On my reading list is the book, “Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming god and Other Strangers” by Elizabeth Newman. I’ve just started reading it but it seems she is addressing the same issue somewhat.

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