Again, via evso, Where would Jesus shop? Much if it provides false information, but the ending was intruiging:
Wal-Mart expects to reap $1 billion in sales of "Christian" merchandise in 2003, only the doorstep of a much larger market. Evidently, Christians are shopping at Wal-Mart. But what are we buying, when a dollar saved in the store is another dollar squeezed from the life of "one of the least of these?"Preachers and Sunday school teachers need to be asking Christians more about what our dollars support, and in Wal-Mart�s case, who�s paying for consumer "savings." A favorite preacher of mine says, "If you want to know what people care about, look in their checkbook" (or Visa statement, as the case may be). Our purchases ought to reflect deeper values than just "always low prices." Christians have asked Wal-Mart for cleaner magazine and CD content. Perhaps it�s time to demand cleaner corporate character as well.
Posted by Kevin on November, 17 2004 at 10:15 AM
