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Reflections

Confession

October 25, 2010 //  by robyn//  Leave a Comment

Confession: I don’t drink coffee. Although there are other reasons, the bitter aftertaste and the possibility of slowly staining my teeth sealed the deal for me. (Call me a snob, but I’m pretty protective about my teeth and general oral hygiene.) I made a decision when I was about 13 that I didn’t have an interest in coffee, and I was going to be okay with that.

Here’s the rub: Coffeehouses are where it’s at! A childhood friend and I have a standing tradition to meet at a coffee shop every Christmas Eve and catch up. Tough conversations happen in cafes, and awkward first dates happen there. Good grief, I know of someone who slipped her phone number to a barista at a local shop, and today they’re married! What is it with the coffeehouse phenomenon?

I’ve read that coffeehouses go all the way back to the early 1500s, serving as the center of social gatherings where the public could read the paper, organizations conducted business, and people exchanged ideas. By the 17th century in England, they were a “social leveler” of sorts, inviting all people into a common place, regardless of social or economic status.

Based on that concept, I imagine that if Jesus were walking around London back then, he might very much like to duck into a place like that, where folks were learning, connecting, sharing about anything and everything, no matter where they’d been, or where they were going. I think he’d order the house roast, black, and pull up a chair. He loves to relate. He loves to visit and catch up. He loves to share, and to listen.

That’s what happens at coffeehouses, and that’s what we hope to do here. Grab a hot beverage, pull up a chair, get real, and visit our coffeehouse. Even though I have no idea what an “Iced Single Venti Mocha, No Whip” is, praise be to God, I’ve discovered steamers, ciders, and hot chocolates that give me something safe to cradle in my hands and sip on, while I connect with people. So, let’s hear it!

Category: ReflectionsTag: business, coffee, coffeehouse, connect, ideas, Jesus, learn, share, social

Light Post

October 20, 2010 //  by Nikol//  Leave a Comment

“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.”  (Isaiah 42:16)

Back when I was doing triathlons, I would often be up before the sun to go on a run.  Running in the dark was scary.  I always worried about falling because of cracks or debris in the road – especially when the gum ball trees bloomed.  So, I bought one of my most valuable (and glamorous) training tools – a head lamp.

Head lamps are great levelers.  There is no one that can make a head lamp look cool.  Actually, I take that back.  There is one person that can make it look cool, and that is the person using it to illuminate a gaping hole in the head of a fellow runner who tripped over something they couldn’t see in the dark.  Yep.  That person makes a head lamp look cool.

I remember the first time I ran with my illuminated training partner.  I felt secure, and I noticed something interesting:  The light was of the most benefit when focused not on the horizon, but on the ground two or three feet in front of me.   When the light was focused on the horizon, my vision was distorted.  I couldn’t see clearly the path in front of me nor could I make out what lay ahead.  Everything was fuzzy.

Just like my head lamp, we are of the most benefit to Christ when we spend our time focused on what is directly in front of us.  When we try to see where He’s taking us or what’s around the corner, we can miss the things He wants us to see today, or have trouble discerning the short-term steps He’s calling us to take.  God wants us to trust Him moment-by-moment, step-by-step, day-by-day.

The Israelites spent more years than I’m sure they care to remember learning that very lesson.  Just as God led them with the pillar of fire at night, He leads us today, not with just a light, but with THE Light: Jesus.

God knows how dark our lives can seem at times.  But rest assured that if you have trusted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are never without the Light, for His Word says, “Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life” (John 8:12).

King David knew the secret to brightening up the dark places when he penned these words:  “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105).

If your world seems bleak or your hope seems lost, grab His Word and trust that He will light your path.

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