River’s Edge Church

Simplicity Mid-Week 7 - Simplicity of Schedule

Most of us deal with an acute time shortage in our lives. We feel busy, rushed, and scattered. How we can bring simplicity to our schedules and live more intentional lives? How do we begin taking hold of "life that is truly life" instead of our rushed alternatives? 

Recommended Resources: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry (John Mark Comer), An Unhurried Life (Alan Fadling), Abundant Simplicity (Jan Johnson)

Practicing Simplicity - Love and Marriage

Throughout the series we've called out and challenged the ways in which consumer culture has shaped our relationship to material possessions, and we've unpacked the call of Jesus back to a more biblical framework. But in what ways have these mentalities infiltrated our views on love and marriage? And what are the simple biblical concepts that we can recenter on? 

Recommended Resources: The Meaning of Marriage (Tim Keller), Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms (Kutter Callaway)

Simplicity Mid-Week 6 - How to Buy Clothes

Our worry over clothing drives us to buy too many clothes at too low a price and for all the wrong reasons. All of this inadvertently sustains an industry involving 1.5 billion underpaid workers and tens of millions of slaves. But how do we move forward as followers of Jesus? How do we buy clothes in today's complex world? 

Positive Mentions: GORUCK, Redwing Shoes, Darn Tough Socks, Prana, Everlane, Patagonia, Adidas, Columbia, and a long list at: truecostmovie.com. (forgot to mention Levi’s, Calvin Klein, IKEA, and others!)

Negative Mentions: Walmart, American Eagle, Abercrombie, Macie’s, Aeropostale, Carter’s, Nike, Nordstrom’s, Gymboree, Costco, Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Bed Bath & Beyond, and of course many others as well.

Learn more at: truecostmovie.com 

Practicing Simplicity - What You Will Wear

In recent decades, our relationship to clothes (and the global impact of our clothing choices) have shifted massively in America and across the western world. Driven by the clothing industry, and our unending desire for "more," we now attempt to buy too many clothes, for too low a price, for all the wrong reasons. But Jesus us frees us from the clothing sickness that we find ourselves in, and offers us a better way forward. 

Simplicity Mid-Week 5 - Madi Fischer

Join us as we hear from Madi Fischer and her experience with biblical minimalism. 

Practicing Simplicity - Do Not Worry

Americans are some of the most anxious people in all of world history. And yet Jesus invites his disciples to live lives scandalously free from anxiety. How do we journey from anxiety to the peace and freedom of God? And what role does biblical minimalism play in getting us there? 

Simplicity Mid-Week 4 - The Tough Spots

No minimalism journey is complete without tackling the most intimidating areas of our homes: sentimental stuff, heirlooms, paperwork, books, technology, cars, and even our homes themselves.

Practicing Simplicity - Where Your Treasure Lies

We've been raised to believe that life consists in an abundance of possessions, and that we should store up for ourselves treasures on earth. But Jesus reveals these beliefs as objectively false, and he calls up to wake up to a grater reality. 

Simplicity Mid-Week 3 - Room by Room

Ready to minimize your possessions? You can go room by room and ask these questions....

Practicing Simplicity - Fasting and Desire

As we peel back the layers and journey deeper into simplicity, it is only a matter of time before our flesh begins to fight back. We each find within ourselves "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" (1 John 2v16). How do we overcome these strongholds in our life, and enter into greater freedom in Christ? Fasting is one tool at our disposal.