“Contemporary culture is plagued by the passion to possess… Christian simplicity frees us from this modern mania…It allows us to see material things for what they are–goods to enhance life, not to oppress life. People once again become more important than possessions. Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.”
Richard Foster in Freedom of Simplicity (New York: HarperCollins, 1981) 3.