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    Consumer Detox: Less Stuff, More Life
    Consumer Detox: Less Stuff, More Life
    Consumer Detox: Less Stuff, More Life
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    Consumer Detox: Less Stuff, More Life

    Written by Revd. Mark Powley

    Narrated by Simon Vance

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    Consumerism is everywhere. It shapes the way we eat, shop, rest, think, love and believe. We can’t escape it, but how can we live well in the midst of it? We are daily seduced by a 250 billion dollar marketing machine. But how often do we consider how this might influence us? The current prevailing orthodoxy is that life should be lived to the max. By contrast, Jesus modeled a life of joyful limitation – free to do; free not to do. Consumer Detox, complete with the Detox Diary in the back of the book with suggestions for each chapter, encouraging stories, and space for writing personal reflections, is for those who want to break out of a lifestyle dominated by consumerism and journey toward a richer, simpler, more generous life. Consumer Detox, written out of Mark Powley’s experience of making a change in his own life, is a three part book that will help you break out of the consumer mindset, slow down to enjoy the natural rhythms of life, and live a life of generosity. This book isn’t about living a smaller life but having a bigger vision, which can help you become everything you were made to be.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9780310597506
    Author

    Revd. Mark Powley

    Mark Powley is a founder of Breathe, a Christian network for simpler living (www.breathenetwork.org). He has studied theology at the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford. He is Associate Rector of St George’s Leeds, UK, where he lives with his wife and four young children.

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    • 5/5
      Consumer Detox is a breath of fresh air (pun intended: Powley is also the founder of the Breathe) network. Powley has managed to write a non-legalistic (indeed, liberating) manifesto about freedom from consumerism. Zondervan’s done a fine job marketing it, too. They’ve managed to promote a book on the ancient discipline of simplicity that appeals to modern generations.Powley tackles the subject in three sections. First, he explains the lunacy of the advertising machine. Freedom from the compulsion to buy what the latest advertisement sells begins by learning their tactics. In the second section he explores what life looks like outside the machine. As godly rhythms take root in our lives, our compulsion to settle for trite marketing becomes replaced with a desire for what’s truly lasting. In the final section he shares a potent tactic to spurn consumerism: give stuff away. Live generously.Mark Powley’s book reads like he’s talking to you with many one-sentence paragraphs and short poetic fragments. (If you’ve read any of Rob Bell’s books, you’ll know the style I’m describing.) It’s also stuffed full of humour. He has a self-deprecating manner that makes the reader feel less inept when encountering such a massive shift in worldview.Whether you’ve experimented with the discipline of simplicity in the past, or are just a helpless consumer looking for signs of life outside the marketing machine, this book points us all in the right direction.Disclaimer: A free review copy of this book was provided for me by Zondervan.

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    • 5/5
      I love this book. It brought me closer to a simpler life. Needs re listening ?

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    • 5/5
      Wow what a wonderful book. My life has changed for good

      1 person found this helpful