What might we learn about God and ourselves if our Bible study group gathered outside to stare at the stars in silence? - Skye Jethani

The dilemma posed by consumerism is not the endless manufacturing of desires, but the temptation to settle for desires far below what we were created for.

The reduction of even sacred things into commodities explains why we exhibit so little reverence for God. In a consumer worldview he has no intrinsic value apart from his usefulness to us.

It is recognizing God's eternality that liberates our minds from their consumer inclination to reduce him to a commodity.