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Finding Faith: What we keep, what we discard
Residents discard bulk items during the annual cleanup week, and the author says the practice exposes how overconsumption fills homes and storage units.
- This past week marked the community cleanup week, offering residents special dispensation to dispose of large amounts of household items typically restricted throughout the year.
- With a metro population now above 250,000, the total tonnage of discarded items during cleanup remains difficult to quantify, yet neighborhoods consistently feature mounds of goods destined for trash collection.
- Passing pile after pile of household goods during a 45-minute circuit, the author observed excessive amounts of stuff cast aside, sadness mounting with each neighborhood pass.
- Admitting personal complicity, the author has both discarded household items and scavenged for useful goods on a time or two while browsing curb-side piles during these annual events.
- Jesus teaches the importance of contentment and generosity, suggesting that turning from material obsession toward outward meaning offers remedy to the constant cycle of buying and discarding.
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right8Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution73% Right
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- 73% of the sources lean Right
73% Right
C 27%
R 73%
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