Consumerism

From a Leadership discussion:

Some would say there's nothing wrong with consumerism, that it's morally neutral, simply a reality of options, convenience, and choices. How do you respond to that? What are the spiritual issues at stake?

Will Willimon answers: I love the statement by G.K. Chesterton who said that we could have a really good argument over whether or not Jesus believed in fairies. But we cannot have any debate over whether or not Jesus believed rich people were in big trouble.