Comments on: Worn http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: erika http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-97119 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:29:46 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-97119 Thanks, Stacy. That's another side to buying used (so many thrift stores are operated by non-profits serving under-served populations) that I did not even discuss here. Thanks for the reminder! Thanks, Stacy. That’s another side to buying used (so many thrift stores are operated by non-profits serving under-served populations) that I did not even discuss here. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> by: Stacy http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-96297 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:54:13 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-96297 Thoughtful post! Thank you for mentioning Union Gospel Mission's thrift store. I'm a staff person at the Mission, and the revenue from the store helps people in our addiction recovery program, so Doug did well not only in his purchase, but where the money goes from the purchase. God Bless. Thoughtful post! Thank you for mentioning Union Gospel Mission’s thrift store. I’m a staff person at the Mission, and the revenue from the store helps people in our addiction recovery program, so Doug did well not only in his purchase, but where the money goes from the purchase. God Bless.

]]> by: Christine A. Scheller http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94448 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:01:27 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94448 Thank you Erika. I should have said we sort of share an anniversary, you having an English degree and all. Blessings~ Thank you Erika. I should have said we sort of share an anniversary, you having an English degree and all. Blessings~

]]> by: erika http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94340 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:12:16 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94340 Happy Anniversary, Christine! I love the story about your dress. Enjoy your special day! Happy Anniversary, Christine! I love the story about your dress. Enjoy your special day!

]]> by: erika http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94334 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:05:12 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94334 John, I really enjoyed your series on gift-buying! Thanks for allowing us to see your personal navigation of the call to live justly in the midst of this season of gift-giving. And I totally want one of those onesies for my baby :) John,

I really enjoyed your series on gift-buying! Thanks for allowing us to see your personal navigation of the call to live justly in the midst of this season of gift-giving. And I totally want one of those onesies for my baby :)

]]> by: Christine A. Scheller http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94320 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:12:59 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94320 Erika, We share an anniversary of sorts and a precious something old. Today is my 22nd year of marriage to my sweetheart. As a young single mother marrying a Bible college student, there was no money for a dress. I prayed and found one wadded up in a ball at a yard sale for $20. It was the most gorgeous Victorian lace from who knows when. My mother, the seamstress, washed and repaired it. When she did so again after the wedding, the fabric actually began to disintigrate, it was so old. A lovely answer to prayer, for what bride doesn't want beauty on her special day! Happy anniversary and Merry Christmas! Erika, We share an anniversary of sorts and a precious something old. Today is my 22nd year of marriage to my sweetheart. As a young single mother marrying a Bible college student, there was no money for a dress. I prayed and found one wadded up in a ball at a yard sale for $20. It was the most gorgeous Victorian lace from who knows when. My mother, the seamstress, washed and repaired it. When she did so again after the wedding, the fabric actually began to disintigrate, it was so old.

A lovely answer to prayer, for what bride doesn’t want beauty on her special day!

Happy anniversary and Merry Christmas!

]]> by: Steve Menshenfriend http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94290 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:09:27 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94290 "only buy secondhand for a year" ... great idea. Kirsten once found a twenty dollar bill in a coat pocket that she bought at a thrift store. She made money on that trip. “only buy secondhand for a year” … great idea.

Kirsten once found a twenty dollar bill in a coat pocket that she bought at a thrift store. She made money on that trip.

]]> by: Nathanael http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94273 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:53:58 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94273 Wonderful insight, sister...as usual. My wife is a missionary in Coatesville, and they have a thrift store. She finds amazing buys all of the time, stuff that we could never afford to buy new. Of course, as you so aptly point out, buying gifts for others seems to be different. I think it's our pride that prohibits us from making that practical and responsible choice. Wonderful insight, sister…as usual.

My wife is a missionary in Coatesville, and they have a thrift store. She finds amazing buys all of the time, stuff that we could never afford to buy new.

Of course, as you so aptly point out, buying gifts for others seems to be different. I think it’s our pride that prohibits us from making that practical and responsible choice.

]]> by: John Santic http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94271 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:32:34 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94271 Thanks Erika, I appreciate your thoughts. This Christmas has been a journey into some of the injustice of all the "retail" gift giving, so your post rings true for me. I like the simplicity of the thrift store and am encouraged by your thoughts. Dustin put it quite well in his comment as well. Thanks Erika, I appreciate your thoughts. This Christmas has been a journey into some of the injustice of all the “retail” gift giving, so your post rings true for me. I like the simplicity of the thrift store and am encouraged by your thoughts. Dustin put it quite well in his comment as well.

]]> by: Dustin http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94268 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:18:17 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/worn/12/#comment-94268 Excellent thoughts! Our consumer mentality not only dominates our purchasing habits, but it steers our ecclesiastical decisions as well. In my estimation, one of the biggest threats to the stability of the true and subversive body of Christ is consumerism and greed. Excellent thoughts! Our consumer mentality not only dominates our purchasing habits, but it steers our ecclesiastical decisions as well.

In my estimation, one of the biggest threats to the stability of the true and subversive body of Christ is consumerism and greed.

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