Comments on: To See the Faces /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/ Few illusions of control left here! Living raw and giving thanks for innumerable blessings! Sun, 26 Jul 2015 03:51:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Miriam /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:37:44 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2417 Also Lauren, with these great questions I will work on adding some resources I’m finding. It is SO hard to be immersed in it all without knowing and have no idea where to even start stepping out! (I don’t leave the house too much but would really prefer to thrift as my first ethical option…it’s just a tough one to make happen, being hit or miss and having limited time to shop when I do get out.)

]]> By: aruffledheart /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2416 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:36:09 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2416 That’s true-thrifting does benefit the community (and let’s be real, the wallet). Thanks for writing a post about the hard stuff. I love your Noonday pieces-they are beautiful. Hopefully I’ll own a large and lovely statement piece one day! But for now I got to save!
lots of love!

]]> By: Miriam /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:30:39 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2415 I’m with you Lauren. I have a hard time sorting this all out! :-) I think thrifting is an excellent option as it usually benefits the needy in your own community and decreases the demand for new cheap goods, in some way!

]]> By: aruffledheart /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2414 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 03:43:18 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2414 Miriam! Thank you for helping us think past marketing and colors and trends, and let’s face it, ourselves. Do you have recommendations on other products like kids clothing or shoes? Also, this is random, but what about thrift stores, where it’s a modge-podge of old/recycled clothing? Any tips for supporting our friends around the globe on a budget? Sorry, lots of questions! I’m curious, but I need practical tips as a mom who feels like I tread water weekly!

]]> By: Miriam /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2399 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:21:03 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2399 Jen! I can’t believe it! You won!!!! You are #20!

]]> By: Deborah /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2398 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:15:26 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2398 Stumbled upon Noonday at a local craft show and have loved every part of it since!

]]> By: Jen /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2397 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:42:34 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2397 Oh, call me a blubbering sap, I don’t care! I cry, with warm feelings of inspiration mixed with excitement, every time I read a story in the catalog or think about this company and how it is impacting many. It’s beautiful and personal and buying with intention. Thank you for getting involved Miriam and thereby inspiring us! I love your heart!

]]> By: Erin D. /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2395 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:14:31 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2395 especially with kids clothes, this is hard for me. they outgrow them so fast, so I hate to spend a ton of money on them. but I constantly feel the sting of guilt when I jump at items for less than $2 at times…and fear looking up different retailers because I’m afraid I’ll then be held accountable by the knowledge that they don’t manufacture their clothes ethically. still, I’m aware of this and want to make steps to change and become more of an advocate for fair trade goods and practices.

love noonday…so thankful for the awareness it’s brought to my life about all of this.

]]> By: Katherine Taylor /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:30:09 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2391 I love the idea of fairtrade. One of my favorite shops for a cause is sevenly.org.

]]> By: littlehouseinthesuburb /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:53:06 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2389 As I walked away from some too-cheap clothes this week, I wondered “Does it even matter? Do the manufacturers even feel it when one woman in the Midwest decides NOT to buy their products?” and then I read this and I’m reminded that I’m not the only one, that there are more of us every day who are second-guessing our purchases and redirecting our purchases to companies we can trust… I’m enjoying this blog train and the way it is making me feel connected to a band of women who think and shop like I do.

]]> By: RJ /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:00:31 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2388 Of course I meant fair trade :) but bonus for freedom!

]]> By: RJ /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2387 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:59:42 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2387 I love finding good quality, free trade products and stores – even if I have to save a little more before buying!

]]> By: stevenikkisimpson /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:11:54 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2386 I love your beautiful heart. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Mallory /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:49:49 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2385 Love Noonday and their committment to ethical business practices.

]]> By: April Wallace /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:40:16 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2384 I had a moment several weeks ago walking through one of these brightly lit stores you are talking about. A moment where the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said VERY CLEARLY…This is BAD. I stood there with my stuff thinking oh no! What do I do? Thanks for this post. You are right you cannot change overnight. What I can do is make these changes one at a time. Great post, thanks for writing.

]]> By: Catherine S /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 21:19:42 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2383 Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, we can do something. We start, one at a time, and share what we’ve learned. We cannot be the same.

]]> By: Katy /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:55:10 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2382 I like this website for checking out the ratings of products: https://madeinafreeworld.com/

Also this website for seeing the impact what you buy has on the rest of the world, and what things you buy are connected with slave labor: http://slaveryfootprint.org/

It’s so heartbreaking to see and hear about the number of people who are enslaved in the world. It’s overwhelming, because I want it to end so badly but the problems and injustices are so huge I don’t know how to stop it, how to fix it, how to even make a drop in the bucket of a solution.

I love the conclusion you came to, though. How do we pray? How do we pray for such an issue so big and overwhelming? We just do. The Kingdom of God won’t come in one big movement, it comes through our individual actions, our individual prayers, the individual decisions we make to pursue justice, love mercy, and walk humbly.

]]> By: Molly /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:17:34 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2380 My family “adopted” a refugee family a year ago and have grown to absolutely love her. She does hand embroidery and in an effort to help her survive (her husband is still in the Sudan, she is here with her 3 children, all under the age of 5) we have begun paying her for her pieces of art and selling it to our friends. For me, she represents the faces behind Noonday. It’s my friend Alik.

]]> By: Emily Pridgen /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:06:48 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2374 Hey! I’m a fiend of Amanda’s, so glad I stopped by! Thank you so much for sharing your heart for all that God is stirring in your life. I was truly inspired as I read your post to ask God to show me what I could do in my own life and I am pondering many things. Thanks so much again for sharing, God bless you!!

]]> By: Teresa Van Zant /2014/03/15/to-see-the-faces/comment-page-1/#comment-2373 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:24:52 +0000 /?p=3976#comment-2373 Your post is so thought provoking. I agree that is difficult to read and think about but to turn a blind eye is wrong. I love my Noonday and try to research purchases to be sure they are fair trade. I love that people are being empowered through this business.

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