RE: Becoming minimalist: when having fewer possessions means living a better life
Stilt,
Your reaction seems a little overboard methinks. His is only one voice presenting a case for approaching life from a perspective of "need" rather than "want." And this amid a torrent of commercialism that keeps hammering home the message that you're shy of fully human if you don't have x, y and z.
I also offer the observation that this gentleman is in ministry. As a youth pastor he is attempting to teach and lead by example. The fact that he blogs about it may be something that he undertook as a means to maintain connection with those he serves. That's evangelization in its most basic form and if the message happens to spread beyond his immediate and specific audience -- there can be no harm. Those who hear it and listen, will respond. Those who don't, will complain.
