Andy – I thought you would’ve known that coffee is more than just a drink, it’s a way of life. When I said that you liked coffee, I meant that you liked ‘to coffee’ – i.e: sitting around in places that sell it, talking. Sorry, working. I propose turning coffee from a noun into a verb, etc, etc….

4 comments. Wow. If I can just translate those kinds of numbers into book sales, I’ll be well on my way. It’s nice to see people in agreement with what I have to say. Although I guess it would be more useful if people who disagreed with me read it…

Another bit in the Velvet Elvis that really struck me was when Rob Bell talks about the beginnings of “his” church, Mars Hill. He said he realised the time was right when he no longer cared whether it was “successful” or not. I’m excited about the possibility of starting a church (cafe church?) and expecting 13 people to come, and being happy with that, only to be met by 1000! I’ve been reading Acts lately and am so excited by the possibilities of what God does when we follow His Will. I totally love the bit where it says that “God added to their number daily” and would love to be more expectant of that in the world today.

This comment is rather rambling. Which is why I don’t post much on my own blog…

Firstly – I don’t like coffee really – I prefer hot chocolate and other childish drinks like cola based products.

Secondly – Paul talks lots about worship. Starting at chapter 12 (well, not so much starting but this is where I’ll pick it up for now) he says “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.”

He then goes on, in the next few chapters to flesh this out. To explain what this actually means – to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice. We must love one another, we should feed our enemy, we should do what is right in the eyes of everybody, we should give what we owe, we should not judge others…

Read it all sometime. Paul gives us such a hint at how to live lives of worship. And I think the way we live our lives should lead us to church too. Lives that are worship full are also appealing.

And thanks Mark and Becca – I like the sound of 4pm Planet Coffee days.

Once at a Christian festival, on my way to go to the toilet, I came across one of the worship team. They were sat there in a field. I asked if they were OK, they replied ‘Yes, just worshipping’. I didn’t quite understand. I foolishly asked ‘how they were worshipping’ and then I was to hear some of the most profound words on worship I’ve ever heard. That, in the words of Wet Wet Wet, ‘Love is all around’. God’s love is all around. In the trees, in birds, the sun set. This person, whilst an amazing leader of musical worship, was simply worshiping by looking at everything around him and knowing God had put it there and created it. That to me is one way we can worship and I still today love to worship by simply looking out over a hill somewhere, from my bedroom window to see God’s creation and worship Him by looking and finding myself in awe. Like Cooper said, it’s not an event, more a moment; and a day is taken up with many moments, all to hopefully honour God.

Becca