This afternoon I'm heading out to the new coffee house with a friend to scope it out. Hopefully we'll come back with a good report.
Some may wonder why it is important for me to find a coffee house location for anything more than coffee. I decided almost two years ago that I wanted a major focus of my ministry to be cultivating community connections. I had been trapped for years in a prison of my own making that kept me from knowing and talking with those who are unchurched or dechurched. The door with a title of Associate Pastor kept me from spending time where people who need Jesus are. It really comes from the model of Jesus, he liked to hang around wells because in the first century that was where you got something to drink. They were natural gathering places for all kinds of people. Jesus met a woman there and changed an entire village in Samaria. I agree with Mark Batterson who says, "Coffee houses are postmodern wells".
--Ben
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Have you ever met up with Corky to see how he's doing?
Yes, I talked with him by phone. He is well, and happy to have sold the business. It was a good conversation, primarily the reason for my call was to thank him for the way he treated us.
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