Sep 11, 2023 |
Saved for Each other
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
Saved for Each other
Now working at a coffee shop can teach you a lot about
humans. The one I worked at called itself People's Third Place. You have your
work, you have home, and you have your third place. A place where you feel like
you belong. Where you know that people are looking for you to be there. Where
you're loved and you can show up in pajama pants and a messy bun and people are
just glad to see you.
Some people though come into a third place and they take their cup and they leave, telling themselves that they know coffee.
But what I've seen is that the people who stay, get comfortable, and settle in, and share their lives together, and tell stories together, and try Sam's weird smoothie concoction he came up with that has espresso in it for some reason, the people who hold the alley door open for you on trash day, those were not just coffee people, but coffee shop people.
What I found is that Jesus is a lot more like a French press than a Keurig cup.
Some people though come into a third place and they take their cup and they leave, telling themselves that they know coffee.
But what I've seen is that the people who stay, get comfortable, and settle in, and share their lives together, and tell stories together, and try Sam's weird smoothie concoction he came up with that has espresso in it for some reason, the people who hold the alley door open for you on trash day, those were not just coffee people, but coffee shop people.
What I found is that Jesus is a lot more like a French press than a Keurig cup.
