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Obligatory Hello Neglected Blog! Okay, now that that’s out of the way…

I recently embarked on a new book journey. Back in September, some of my new neighbors asked me to join their Beth Moore study. I did, and I liked it and I liked them. We just finished that and started 7 Experiment: Staging Your Own Mutiny Against Excess.

Here’s the little blurb about the book:

Do you feel trapped in the machine of excess? Jen Hatmaker was. Her friends were. And some might say that our culture is. Jen once considered herself unmotivated by the lure of prosperity, but upon being called 'rich' by a child who was living in poverty, evidence to the contrary mounted, and a social experiment turned spiritual journey was born. This study will lead you through this same experiment, at whatever level you choose, in seven key areas: food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress.

What's the payoff for living such a deeply reduced life? It's the discovery of a greatly increased God a call toward Christ-like simplicity and generosity that transcends a social experiment to become a radically better existence.

I felt like all of those things had been stirring in my heart. Something about needing 2 FULL loads in a 20 foot Uhaul to move four people (plus more stuff crammed in cars and vans) makes one stop and think about how much stuff is really necessary. So I knew I needed to do it, and I was a little scared. Okay, a lot. I'm on week 1, and I sincerely plan on writing a little about each week to reflect and remember.