• The PBS documentary Affluenza and a follow-up PBS program, Escape From Affluenza are available (with study guides) from Bullfrog Films (1-800-543-FROG). Both programs are offered at a discount to churches and church groups.
•Curing Affluenza — Six 25-minute videos featuring Tony Campolo. Rental: $18 per tape. Purchase $29.95 each; $159.90 for the set. Phone EcuFilm: (800) 251-4091. Titles are:
1. "Abundant life: What is it?"
2. "Money: How poor does Jesus want us to be?"
3. "Time: How much do I have to give away?"
4. "Stuff: How much can I have?"
5. "Support: What will help?"
6. "Next: What do I do come Monday morning?"
•The Affluenza Project — Publications, counseling and other resources to help people formulate a healthy relationship with money. Phone: (414) 351-8442; Web site: www.affluenza.com.
•Break Forth in Joy!: Beyond a Consumer Lifestyle — A video series for use in four class sessions; $25 (purchase only). Phone Alternatives For Simpler Living: (800) 821-6153; Web site: www.simpleliving.org. Alternatives offers a free quarterly catalog of resources for congregational worship and educational programs and for individuals interested in living simpler, more faithful lives.
•Debtors Anonymous — A fellowship, based on the 12-step approach of Alcoholics Anonymous, for those troubled by compulsive debt. It offers support that helps people achieve and maintain solvency and develop healthier attitudes toward money and buying. For information and to locate local DA groups, phone (781) 453-2743. Web site: www.debtorsanonymous.org.
•Six Weeks to a Simpler Lifestyle and Tis a Gift to Be Simple by Barbara DeGrote-Sorensen and David Allan Sorensen, $10.99 each from Augsburg Fortress, Publishers. Phone: (800) 328-4648.
The organ music swells, soap-opera style. A young woman sits on a doctor's examining table. Her symptoms: A miserable combination of bloating and emptiness that hasn't been relieved by her new car, her house, her boat or a recent big raise. The scowling doctor pronounces the diagnosis: "Affluenza!"
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