Comments on: Culture of obsolescence and creating engaging culture http://www.greenflame.org/2008/03/14/culture-of-obsolescence-and-creating-engaging-culture/ Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tim bulkeley http://www.greenflame.org/2008/03/14/culture-of-obsolescence-and-creating-engaging-culture/#comment-5133 tim bulkeley Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:58:07 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/03/14/culture-of-obsolescence-and-creating-engaging-culture/#comment-5133 I'm not sure if my comment got through, there was an Internet outage, then WP said "You already said that..." but now despite refreshing the page I can't see it... Basically I expressed the opinion that though many Christians have semi-green preferences, we have no worked out theology or spirituality for dealing with decisions relating to "obsolesent" articles on a day to day basis, and we only give each other marginal support in resisting the dominant cultural trends - iPhone anyone ;) Maybe we need to talk and begin to develop a simple set of spiritual practices that could assist our purchase decision-making... I’m not sure if my comment got through, there was an Internet outage, then WP said “You already said that…” but now despite refreshing the page I can’t see it… Basically I expressed the opinion that though many Christians have semi-green preferences, we have no worked out theology or spirituality for dealing with decisions relating to “obsolesent” articles on a day to day basis, and we only give each other marginal support in resisting the dominant cultural trends - iPhone anyone ;)

Maybe we need to talk and begin to develop a simple set of spiritual practices that could assist our purchase decision-making…

]]> By: tim bulkeley http://www.greenflame.org/2008/03/14/culture-of-obsolescence-and-creating-engaging-culture/#comment-5132 tim bulkeley Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:44:55 +0000 http://www.greenflame.org/2008/03/14/culture-of-obsolescence-and-creating-engaging-culture/#comment-5132 There really is SO little actual Christian thinking about the culture of obsolescence and how we should/might live and move within (alongside?) it. Many of us have green(ish) desires and practices, but to what extent are they "Christian" and to what extend to they penetrate either the wider church, or our own spirituality? I guess Tom Sine at Mustard Seed has done some work, as have other individuals and groups, but little that seems to penetrate to the pews! There really is SO little actual Christian thinking about the culture of obsolescence and how we should/might live and move within (alongside?) it. Many of us have green(ish) desires and practices, but to what extent are they “Christian” and to what extend to they penetrate either the wider church, or our own spirituality? I guess Tom Sine at Mustard Seed has done some work, as have other individuals and groups, but little that seems to penetrate to the pews!

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