Tag: Chattanooga
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You’ve had a solid run, Josie Greer as our baker at Mayfly Coffee. You’ve made some killer scones, expanded our gluten free offerings all the while with a work ethic that is unparalleled. When most High School Juniors and Seniors were still sleeping you were up countless early mornings going up on the mountain to bake your…
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K E N Z I E
When she was in 8th grade she stepped behind our cash register at Cadence Coffee on 7th and started taking orders. She learned the skills she needed to become an excellent barista and equally excellent manager at not one but two locations. When I asked her to take the manager role at Mayfly she took the role…
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N O A C C I D E N T S
I saw your picture today. You were in my “memories.” You won’t remember us – but we can never forget you. You came into our life as unexpectedly as you left. I’ll never forget the night at church when your mom walked in from the streets and asked me to pray for you in her…
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Lost and Found
Roy came in today. He looked lost. He hasn’t slept well or at all in days. His wife passed away unexpectedly three weeks ago. Since then he’s been trying to make sense of life. Now that she’s gone he’s going to have to pay more than he can afford to stay in their apartment. …
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The Mandate
It was almost ten years ago, when Kristia and I came back to Chattanooga, to determine for certain that this was the place that God was leading us to as we began to sense a time of transition dawning over our lives. My mentor, friend, and local history expert, Kevin took Kristia and I on…
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42 things I would tell a younger me. . .
I’m 42 today. I’m less excited about this milestone than the previous 41. The mirror seems to daily tell me that I’m so much older than I feel. Gray hairs abound. Lines seem to appear in places they didn’t exist just a year ago. That being said, I find myself a bit more introspective this year…
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One At A Time
On November 30, 2016 I posted this on my Facebook wall: Darrel just walked in, soaked to the bone. “If I wasn’t a big man I’d be bawling my eyes out,” he said. He’s homeless. In an effort to help another homeless camper cross a raging run off of rain water, he fell into water…
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Drop Your Drawers!
WAIT! Don’t Really drop – your – drawers! I mean, keep your pants on, but let me tell you about a really cool way you can help in our community. Kelly & Eric Andrews and a team of volunteers from the Nehemiah Project, provide backpacks and school supplies to hundreds of students in 11 of our…
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The Other Side
George came in yesterday. He was walking on cloud nine. “Cancer Free!” He shouted. He was so excited and we were too. He went on to tell us, how he had been cared for so well. People had given him boxes and boxes of food. He’s a very thin older man, but “We’ll fix…
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Cadence Collective
Before I ever ventured into the “coffee business” my ideal “third place” was a local coffee shop with my computer, my headphones, and settling in for a couple of hours of productivity. I did some of my best work right there at that table with life happening all around me. I’m not a “behind the…