Starbucks Thoughts

I posted this on Out4Christ.com about four years ago. Someone requested that I re-post it. It’s an excerpt from my journal one evening during a big rainstorm I was sitting at a Starbucks.

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I sit in Starbucks drinking my grande drip as the bustle of voice blur together into a steady hum. The blenders and Espresso machines whir in the background as the smell of coffee floats through the air. The barista yells “Triple shot mocha Venti latte for Tony”, as old friends meet, embrace, and kiss. “Grande chi for Genie” as the door opens and closes. I sit here amidst the commotion in the modern day forum of our cultural interaction. The wind and rain pours down outside as people flow in shake the water off and order their drinks; moments later they rush back into the storm. Today everyone appears to be in high spirits. Every seat is filled. Friends laugh, discuss amd enjoy the time. A mother reads to her daughter next to a business meeting. A newly engaged couple sits looking into one another’s eyes as an intense theological debate occurs beside them. I love the warmth, the color, the friends, the noise. It’s a diverse range of conversations, goals, and lives all merged and packed into a space, a forum, a cultural center of meeting, interacting, and living.
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