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Return To Simplicity
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Everything has been figured out, except how to
live. Jean-Paul Sartre
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We have achieved more, created more, conquered
more, and realized more than anyone in the
history of the world could have ever imagined.
And yet, for many of us, there remains a longing
within. How can this be? How can we have so
much and still be wanting? Michael Schut
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Lasting change happens when people see for
themselves that a different way of life is more
fulfilling than their present one. Eknath
Easwaran
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A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not
given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for
and only acquired with much patience and great
effort. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Vision without action remains only a
daydream. Dr. Gary Buffone, Psychologist
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Our life is frittered away by detail.
Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
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In order to seek ones own direction, one must
simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday
life. Plato
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Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently
reorients our lives so that possessions can be
genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.
Richard J. Foster
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good
rhythm depend on simplicity. Plato
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O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will
give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the
pearl of the Gospel. Francois Fenelon
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Followers of Jesus arent called to seek life
for themselves. They are called to lose it.
Christine and Tom Sine
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Only a life lived for others is a life
worthwhile. Albert Einstein
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Our gifts are on loan. We are responsible for
spending them in the world and we will be held
accountable. Elizabeth OConnor
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The call to follow Christ was an invitation to
a whole-life faith that was profoundly
counter-cultural both then and now. Christine
and Tom Sine
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Materialism is Western cultures implicit
religion that is, its core value system that
significantly shapes its overall orientation.
Michael Shut
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  But I fear that you will somehow be led away
from your pure and simple devotion to Christ,
just as Eve was deceived by the serpent. 2
Corinthians 113 (NLT)
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PROGRESS Differentiation Over-choice STRESS
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In the next twenty-five years, the worlds
system will produce more goods than all of
previous history of the world combined. Barry
Asmus, Economist
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Affluenza The dis-ease of having too much
stuff.
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Keeping the average family discontent is vital
to our economic system. In order to lure me to
buy more products, an advertiser must create a
dissatisfaction for what I have or a nagging
desire for what I dont need. Tim Kimmel 
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Cultural Hijacking The process of allowing
our societys dominant traits and values to
determine our destination.
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TRANSCENDENT VISION    Our Sense Of
Mission DEATH AS MOTIVATION Our Daily Weekly
Lifestyle Routines ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters,
by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship. Do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your minds, so that you may
discern what is the will of God--what is good and
acceptable and perfect. Romans 121-2 (NRSV)
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The Meeting House Mission Statement To honour
God by proclaiming the irreligious message of
Jesus and fostering communities of fully
committed followers of Christ.
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The cross is the surest, truest, and deepest
window on the very heart and character of the
living and loving God. N. T. Wright
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The best way to change is to ask yourself what
youd do if your days were numbered. Dr. Gary
Buffone, Psychologist
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We dont have time, my friend, that is the
misfortune of human beings. Focus your attention
on the link between you and your death without
remorse or sadness or worrying. Focus your
attention on the fact that you dont have time
and let your acts flow accordingly. Let each of
your acts be your last battle on earth. Only
under those conditions will your acts have their
rightful power. Otherwise they will be, for as
long as you live, the acts of a timid man.
Carlos Casteneda
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It is the denial of death that is partially
responsible for people living empty, purposeless
lives for when you live as if youll live
forever, it becomes too easy to postpone the
things you know you must do. Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross, Psychiatrist
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I have formed the habit of having death
continually present, not merely in my
imagination, but in my mouth. He who would
teach men to die would teach them to live.
Michele de Montaigne, Philosopher
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Nothing builds perspective more than
dying. Dr. Gary Buffone, Psychologist
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Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a
person to rehearse his freedom. A person who had
learned how to die has unlearned how to be a
slave. Seneca
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If any want to become my followers, let them
deny themselves and take up their cross daily and
follow me. 24 For those who want to save their
life will lose it, and those who lose their life
for my sake will save it. What does it profit
them if they gain the whole world, but lose or
forfeit themselves? Luke 923-25 (NRSV)
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I die every day! 1 Corinthians 1531 (NRSV)
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