Consumer Detox, Revd. Mark Powley
Consumer Detox, Revd. Mark Powley
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Consumer Detox
Less Stuff, More Life

Author: Revd. Mark Powley

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 01/04/2011


Synopsis

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.

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on February 23, 2019

A pretty interesting book about consumerism with a Christian twist. Although the religious parts were a bit much sometimes, the book is pretty short so it was ok.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on July 15, 2024

Reading this book and considering it was written pre social media is fascinating. It’s made me pause to look around at how much of life may be circled around mindless consumerism. I like the lines being drawn between what we are called to do in eating and clothing. But the constant barrage of need f......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on May 13, 2019

With a 4-star rating it's odd to start with a negative remark about this book, perhaps, but since it's prominent in the book, it's important. The one BIG bad thing about this book is that it puts the Christian religion opposite to consumerism. It comes across a little arrogant. As if an atheist would......more