The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called 'worthwhile goals'. Money, fame, power, good looks, possessions are the indicators of success and the media and advertising companies exploit this. People are conditioned to believe that they can only feel happy or good about themselves if they have these things. This of course is not true.
— Tim Crawshaw (b. 1978), Christlicher Autor und Landschaftsfotograf
Topics: Money & Possessions, Meaning & Identity, Ethical Questions
Occasions: For Reflection
Tim Crawshaw
Tim Crawshaw (* 1978) ist ein australischer christlicher Autor, Sprecher und Landschaftsfotograf, der vor allem in Tasmanien wirkt. Er vertritt eine charismatisch-evangelikale Spiritualität, die Naturerlebnisse mit geistlicher Einkehr verbindet und eine persönliche Gottesbeziehung abseits institutionalisierter Kirchenstrukturen betont. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften alltagsnahe, kontemplative Impulse über die Zuwendung Gottes und die Freiheit von religiösem Leistungsdenken.
All quotes by Tim Crawshaw (7)
God made us to love people and use things. Our problem is that we love things and use people.
Unknown
My banker is the good Lord. He sees to it that there is always something.
Mother Teresa
George Muller
Martin Luther
Nikolai Berdyaev
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
C.S. Lewis
Material wealth is either a window through which we see God or a mirror in which we see ourselves.
Warren Wiersbe
Martin Luther