More On Small Houses

In the article Living Small featured on Culture11, the best thing that has happened to conservatism since Rod Dreher (read his post: Against Reverse Food Snobbery from today), Lori Erickson makes the case for how living in a small home has created a holistic environment for her family full of sharing, closeness, and thrift, as she writes:

Looking back on 18 years of living small, I see that our snug house has prevented us from easily avoiding one another by retreating into our own spaces. We’ve been able to eavesdrop on our kids as they played with friends and look over their shoulders as they did homework on the dining room table. It’s been good for our health too, forcing all of us, especially our sons, to spend more time out-of-doors. There simply isn’t room to get too rowdy inside, so often they have headed outside to a neighborhood park that’s conveniently located just across the street.I hope we’ve given our sons the message that wealth doesn’t come from our material possessions, but instead from the diversity of experiences we have and the richness of our community.

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The Greed Creed

ASBO Jesus shares this excellent illustration on the current economy and our idolatry to it in “The Greed Creed“:

Essential Weekend Reading

This should be must reading for the weekend.  I certainly will be reading all of it:

Q&A with Dave Ramsey on the Economic Bailout.  This Christianity Today article has cemented my respect for Dave Ramsey.

Top 11 Excuses John McCain Could’ve Used to Get Out of Debate.  These are all super funny.  Culture11 is the best site for snarky, young, and rational conservatives.  This is like Crunchy Con mixed with The Daily Dish.  No Religious Right or ignorant rhetoric to be found there!

McLaren Emerging and The Ironic Faith of Emergents by Scot McKnight.  McKnight has a two’fer in Christianity Today.