Tag: spirituality
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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: 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…
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Coffee Together: Shoe String
Some of my most favorite people in the world are the volunteers at Cadence who support our paid staff by helping with some of the day to day tasks, but more importantly building relationships with our customers. Sarah is one of our Wednesday volunteers, she and her husband Ray are great at connecting with customers…
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Coffee Together: Breathe
Life can be so stressful. I don’t know if you handle stress the same way that I do, but I often find that I internalize stress quite a bit. Now sometimes, I’ll reach a point that I just can’t hold it in anymore and well . . . lets’ just leave that there. I was…
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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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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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Influence – The “L”
Over the last few days here at Behind the Bar we’ve looked at practical ways to be a person of true influence. We’ve talked about the fact that we must be involved in the lives of others, that we have to notice what others are walking through, and we must be faithfully present in the lives…