2 posts tagged “coffee”
While riding the bus to the airport this morning, I met a kind stranger who, after taking a deep draught of his starbucks iced vanilla frappuccino, said, with something of a breathless passion, "Oh thank you Lord."
I smiled, looked at him, and said, "Amen!"
He replied, "Right on...I really do try to say thank you every day..."
I nodded, thought of how many people go through that daily prayer ritual (either verbally, or simply with unspoken devotions) while dosing with whatever is their favorite caffeine delivery instrument.
I added, with a smile, pointing to his coffee: "Its the little things you have to be thankful for." He nodded, agreed, and returned my grin.
It really is about the little things.
What does the name mean? Coffee is an aesthetic flourish for a meal, and goes especially well with chocolate, I think. Bitter-sweet; bitter-sweet. Semi-sweet. Culture and kingdom are vectors which emerge from the banquet ended well with coffee and chocolate. Culture is the downwarrd, immanent, engaging vector. Kingdom is the upward, transcendent vector.
Take this as a brand of pastoral philosophy. By brand, I mean a promise wrapped in an experience. The promise hopefully won't disappoint like so many jelly donuts: you bite into them four times before you get the payoff. Alas and alack!
If you're looking for technical theological statements, you can find them here. You'll just have to poke around a bit. But if you're looking for fun, interesting, and thoughtful meditations on Jesus and our world, welcome to Coffee Culture Kingdom.
