helps you truly have perspective on the excess in which we live and the little amount we need to be satisfied, to be thankful, to be content. will have you rethinking life and the society in which we live and how to re-priortize life.

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It takes on our obsession with excess, and looks at ways to bring more moderation to our lives with a biblical focus. Worth a read.

This book is relatable and down to earth. Lee illustrates many ways to live faithfully through simple living, buying responsibly, advocating for justice, and connecting to the community of the church. Simple living is described as a way of life; and Lee differentiates this from a list of rules, steps or guide for living more with less.

Lee explains why it is important to have balance between living faithfully and abundantly. She also highlights the need to have grace for oneself and others rather than judgement of unmet expectations. The reader is encouraged to do the best they can, accept that this is good enough, but also try to find ways to improve.

Many biblical examples are used to illustrate the authors stance. Lee presents an interesting discussion about what it means to be blessed by God, and why we serve others. The importance of community is also addressed, particularly in terms of how we impact our global community and also how we are supported by others within the local community.

Overall, this book left me feeling that faithful and simple living is well within my grasp. Furthermore, I was given some ideas for how I might achieve this and grace for the days that I wont come close to my goals.

Great perspective and a relevant topic, but I didn't particularly enjoy the writing style, nor did I think that some of the "depths" of the problem were addressed thoroughly enough. Good read, worth a look, but probably wouldn't buy it for someone else.

A thought provoking yet "easy" read. The main theme centers around this question: How do we live in a way that honors God and shows gratitude for the good life we are living? The good life of American abundance is clearly placed beside the reality of national and global need. While Moses offers some suggestions, the book has enough depth and focus to spur reflection, and hopefully, full engagement with living an individual answer to the questions at the book's center.

I love the concept of this book. Unfortunately, I don't think the patrons at my library, in the upper-middle class area in which it is located, want to be challenged by this book.

No easy, pat, or trite answers here. The author begins the book with a series of thought-provoking questions which points out how upside-down our world is in so many instances. But the reader will not feel harangued by the author’s questions. Instead, the reader will feel like he or she is having a lovely, engaging, and at times humorous conversation over tea with a friend wherein the friends struggle together with some pretty weighty stuff.

I especially liked the section about short term missions. Having spent two years overseas as a teacher of missionary kids, much of what the author wrote resonated with me. Further, after reading such life-changing works as Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan, I agree! Those $3,000 that each person raises to go for one week to Africa to run a kids’ VBS could very well support a native pastor or native missionary for a year or more!

So no, there are no easy answers here. But a conversation about simple living and responsible resource use is a good conversation to have.

I received this book as a free eARC from the author, publisher, and NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.

I did not download this book and therefore cannot provide a review.

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor)the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. Therein lies our dilemma.

Moses does not offer any quick fixes in living on less. But she does offer a calling to examine how we consume. What we consume affects our brothers and sisters. The chocolate we eat, the clothes we wear, the movies we see. I appreciate the calling for Christians to take notice on how we consume. Moses herself has shared her journey to become more aware and the changes she has made along the way. Being a progressive lefty is quite evident in her testimony and I am afraid does not get to the root of the problem. Take poverty for example. There are many reasons for poverty in our country from mental illness, the lack of father leadership, to name a few. Her call for $15.00 wages does not fix the problem of poverty. If anything, it could create new problems.

There were other issues that I took as not solving the problem but creating another because it does deal with the real problem. The issue of our heart. The finished work of Christ and the not yet. Politically packed and offers little. I would not recommend.

A Special Thank you to Westminster John Knox Press and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.