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# the life-changing magic of having things to share - Doctors Without Boredom
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/matthewloftus-2018-11-12-life-changing-magic-things-share/
- Published: 2018-11-12T11:24:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T16:42:32.000Z
- Description: Comment Magazine’s Seerveld Prize Winners have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight Matt Miller’s entry in particular: Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Loftus, Family

Comment Magazine’s [Seerveld Prize Winners](https://www.cardus.ca/comment/seerveld/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight [Matt Miller’s entry](https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/holy-clutter/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) in particular:

> Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice of what [The *New York TimesMagazine* called “the oppressive gospel” of minimalism](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/magazine/the-oppressive-gospel-of-minimalism.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com). The minimalism of Kondo and the de-clutterers may help individuals lessen consumeristic behaviours, but it does not reckon with the spiritual or social effects of consumerism. De-cluttering, then, is a practice both shallow and narrow, falling short of a fully formed Christian attitude toward the stuff that fills our lives and our moving trucks. Christians must aim for a richer account of consumption and possession, one that reckons more fully with how we shape God’s creation through our getting, having, and disposing.

Matt’s website can be found [here](http://matt-miller.org/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)!