Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Cup o' Jehovah
Religious coffee drinkers...pour yourself a cup of the good stuff and read this.
Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Life guy) has done it again. This time his writings won't be sold in mega-bookstores, they'll be sold at Starbucks...on the cups.
(I guess you can find those in bookstores, too.)
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Coffee drinkers could get a spiritual jolt with their java in the spring when Starbucks begins putting a God-filled quote from the Rev. Rick Warren, author of the mega-selling The Purpose-Driven Life, on its cups. It will be the first mention of God in the company's provocative quote campaign, The Way I See It. In 2005, Starbucks is printing 63 quotes from writers, scientists, musicians, athletes, politicians and cultural critics on cups for company-run and licensed locations to carry on the coffeehouse tradition of conversation and debate.
The Warren quote about God having a purpose in your life will be one of 63 other quotes that will vary from pro-homosexuality, extremist political views, and other "thought provoking" stuff. So I wouldn't say Starbucks is on a mission to evangelize the world. Their mission through this campaign is to get conversations started.
Hopefully good conversations will be birthed after reading a Starbucks cup. If God can use donkeys, he can use coffee cups.
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