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How many shoes?
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Jan 5th, 2009 |
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I’m starting a new teaching series at RiverTree this weekend. The title is Consumed. The general premise is to ask the question, “Are you a consumer or are you consumed by the things of God?”
So, to kick this off, let’s start with an interesting survey. How many pairs of shoes do you own–please include boots, sneakers, house slippers, etc. When you respond, please feel free to do so anonymously but let us know if you are male or female. Of course we already know that men own more shoes than women . . .
Looking forward to hearing from you! I’m off to count!
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Greg NettleI am a diehard Cleveland Browns fan that dies hard every year. I have traveled to Peru, Ecuador, Ireland, Tanzania, England, France, Holland, South Africa, Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti and Scotland. And there’s nothing I would rather do than have a cup of coffee with my wife, Julie, at our local Starbucks. I enjoy bungee jumping, whitewater rafting and skydiving. The faster the roller coaster the better. My most recent adventures have included climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and a spiritual pilgrimage to Israel. I have read more than 50 books a year for the past 20 years but my favorite is to read the Bible with my 10 year old daughter, Tabitha and newly adopted son, Elijah. I used to travel and sing with Rich Mullins and I have had breakfast with Jerry Falwell. I would rather spend an hour with Howard Stern than an hour with the Pope. I love Kraft macaroni and cheese out of a box, Ho Ho’s, filet mignon and lobster with drawn butter—jalapenos on everything..
I am a female. I have 40 pair of shoes. I even counted my flipflops!
32 pair–including my gold shoes.
Male.
Ummm. I’m assuming you meant “golf” shoes?
g
I really, really wanted to create an Imelda Marcos profile to answer this one.
I have 1 pair of shoes that I wear almost daily, I have two other pairs that are in good condition, and one pair of good hiking boots. I also have some old junk shoes for my dirty jobs. And of course I have the pair of slippers I’m wearing now.
So I guess I have five pairs that I wear every now and then, and one pair that I wear nearly daily. Six.
Of course our shoes alone make us incredibly wealthy compared to most of the world.
I’m male. I know my name being Mike should make that obvious, but I had a female friend years ago who went by Mikey.
Prior to last week I would have told you that I had 2 pair of shoes for work, and a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of slippers, plus maybe a few pair of shoes stuffed in the back of the closet that I don’t wear anymore.
Then came our trip to drop off at Goodwill last week….
Collectively our family donated over 35 pairs of shoes – and I’ll bet we kept just as many, probably more.
So for me personally, I know that I still have 9 pairs including slippers, that I “just couldn’t part with.”
I’m a guy…
Male
Aproximately 22 pairs of shoes, boots, sandals & slippers
Female-20 pairs
Male-6 pairs
Infant son-5 pairs
I have 26 pair, my husband has 5 (including his golf shoes)…I’m so sorry…
Male
I have 8 pairs of shoes which also includes golf shoes that I wear once per year.
Ouch! First of all, let me say that all of my possessions are in one 12 x 10 feet room with a small closet. I think I counted them all but it is possible that there are some packed away.
5 pairs sneakers
10 pairs casual shoes
8 pairs flip flops
2 pairs house slippers
2 pairs boots
8 pairs sandles
Embarrassing.
Guy here.
I own one pair of work shoes, one pair of walking shoes, two pairs of dress shoes, and a pair of winter boots.
I own one pair of work shoes, one pair of walking shoes, two pairs of dress shoes, and a pair of winter boots.
14 pairs. Many of which are seasonal.
One pair of casual, one dress, pair of one slippers. I’m working hard to remove clutter from my life.
4 pair including one with holes in them(where them to church, obviously) and one brand new from Christmas.
Male
Forgot my Keen sandals, that puts me at 7.
I own about 25 pairs of shoes and thats just the ones i can find I have a trash bag full of shoes I never wear thats why i cant find them because i dont wear them.
Female
People always say they never suspected me to be the type, but…I’m sure that I have well over 50 pairs of shoes/boots if not more. We have walk-in closets, but there isn’t enough space for cubbies, so they’re on the floor stacked on top of each other. I didn’t feel like draging them all out to count them, but I did go and measured how deep my “shoe stacks” are just for you, and at they’re tallest point they’re 24 inches high. That’s not counting my barn boots, riding boots and hunting boots that I keep downstairs.
I’m getting better, though. While there has never been a time that I didn’t have oodles of shoes, my mother will tell you that during one phase of my life, I probably had 10 pairs of combat boots and Doc Martens…all the same style, all the same color…black. Now I think I only have 5, but now that I think about it, I fear that I may have merely shifted to riding boots, instead. I know I have 5 pairs of black cowboy boots easy and at least 1 pair of English.
But in my defense, 99% of my shoes come from the same place my clothes do…the Salvation Army, even the top designers…so really, I probably only paid $5 at most for the majority of them. The more expensive ones (like the riding boots) came from hugely discounted Ebay auctions…SWEAR!
i have 7 pair ,seems like I need all for what I do, but does seem silly. “Hope Lives” is an eye opener! I keep going back to a page early in the book where the author talks about the need for our Christian lives to get messy. Or in other words, “involved”!
very challenging, I hope to be empowered by God to get messy!
Bill
Male
OK…..let’s see…
slippers..1pr
running…1pr
winter boots…1pr
mules….1pr
cowboy….1pr
black sandals….2pr
flips…1pr
fancy…2pr
mukluks….1pr
that’s it = 11prs
husband has more..
daughter has more..
most bought from the goodwill…
try to live by
“1 in = 1 out”
LINDY
6 pair-2 pair sandals
1 pair tennis shoes
1 pair work shoes
1 pair casual shoes
1 pair dress shoes
male
I am a female, I have 39 pairs of shoes.