Faith Noodles

A quirky little piece from  stuff.co.nz Butterbeer (Harry Potter) On cold winter nights, who wouldn't give their left arm for a foaming tankard of butterbeer - the drink of choice in the wizarding world? Heck, you can even get cold butterbeer for summer, but as the taste has been described as like "less-sickly butterscotch", I'm not sure ice-cold is the way to go. Since Harry and his mates were underage in the novels, I'm presuming there's not much alcoholic content in these and hey, because it's magic, maybe it's calorie-free too! Pan-galactic gargle blaster (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)  Described as the best drink in existence, it's meant to have an effect on you "like having your brains smashed in with a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick". It was invented by Zaphod Beeblebrox, who says it's the alcoholic equivalent to mugging: expensive and bad for the head. Here's the recipe. ...

Following on from  my previous post on materialism , these excerpts are a further extension of my reflections on the wanton futility of materialism From the chapter, " Good News to the Rich "  taken from the book, "Good News to the Poor" by Tim Chester. Shopping is the religion of our age. Just look at shopping centres. Just as the medieval architects built cathedrals to glorify God, so we build wonderful shopping centres to glorify what we believe is important: shopping. Alan Storkey warns that consumerism 'is the chief rival to God in our culture'. He recognises that may seem an odd claim: 'it is, after all, just shopping'. 'But the servants of the Lord God are dwarfed in number and working hours by the servants of consumption. Its ability to recruit seems unlimited'.  Today's culture advocates the notion that consumer goods are what give meaning and satisfaction. 'I shop, therefore I am.' Consumerism tell us that t...