Tag: life
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F I F T Y ::
So next week will mark my FIFTIETH trip around the sun. I’ve really not been all that excited about this particular mile marker. But. . . .hey I’m learning to embrace it. The past year has been an exciting year and a tough year. This time last year we were trying to raise the…
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J O
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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Coffee Together: What have we done?
It just so happens that I had coffee with a new friend today. He reached out to me four months ago, asking if he could meet me some time. He labels himself as an atheist, but if I were the one doing the labeling I would label him a searcher. At any rate, after four…
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Coffee Together: Squat & Watch
(My apologies for my short hiatus from our regular Wednesday “Coffee Together” posts. There was no huge outcry at my absence, but just in case someone did notice, I apologize. My last three weeks have been pretty packed. Nevertheless, I’m back so let me share.) The phone rang a little over an hour ago, and…
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#MCM: Check your face
I have a little routine I try to follow before I leave my house: Check my hair. Check my teeth. Check my fly. Keys. Wallet. All systems are go. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been made increasingly more aware of the need to check my face. I shared this thought with our…
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Coffee Together: Tears
Here’s another great story, Sarah shared with me a few weeks ago while volunteering at Cadence, I love how our little coffee shop has been the setting for those “right place at the right time” moments. On Wednesday, a lady came in to buy a cup of coffee and find a safe place to…
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Coffee Together: Fun
My wife and I sat one evening listening to a married couple talk about some of the lessons they had learned over the 24 years of their marriage. I took copious notes, and a lot of what they said challenged me in such profound ways. But it was the first “lesson” they shared that has…
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Coffee Together: Serve
Mother Theresa was asked one time “How did God call you to serve the poor?” Her answer . . . “I was not called to serve the poor, rather I was called to serve Jesus and He led me here.” If anyone knows me, they know I’m a big dreamer. Sometimes I can get carried…