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ISBN-10: 1-57856-649-5
ISBN-13: 9781578566495
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
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Year: January 16, 2007
Size: 13.97 x 20.57 x 2.03cm
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 227gr
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1-57856-649-5
ISBN-13: 9781578566495
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Country:
Year: January 16, 2007
Size: 13.97 x 20.57 x 2.03cm
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 227gr
Binding: Paperback
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Introducing the life you’d gladly stand in line for You don’t stand in line at Starbucks® just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the experience surrounding the cup of coffee. Too many of us line up for God out of duty or guilt. We completely miss the warmth and richness of the experience of living with God. If we’d learn to see what God is doing on earth, we could participate fully in the irresistible life that he offers. You can learn to pay attention like never before, to identify where God is already in business right in your neighborhood. The doors are open and the coffee is brewing. God is serving the refreshing antidote to the unsatisfying, arms-length spiritual life–and he won’t even make you stand in line. Let Leonard Sweet show you how the passion that Starbucks® has for creating an irresistible experience can connect you with God’s stirring introduction to the experience of faith.
Introducing the life you’d gladly stand in line for You don’t stand in line at Starbucks® just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the experience surrounding the cup of coffee. Too many of us line up for God out of duty or guilt. We completely miss the warmth and richness of the experience of living with God. If we’d learn to see what God is doing on earth, we could participate fully in the irresistible life that he offers. You can learn to pay attention like never before, to identify where God is already in business right in your neighborhood. The doors are open and the coffee is brewing. God is serving the refreshing antidote to the unsatisfying, arms-length spiritual life–and he won’t even make you stand in line. Let Leonard Sweet show you how the passion that Starbucks® has for creating an irresistible experience can connect you with God’s stirring introduction to the experience of faith.
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Wrong focus people! 
This book reminds me of a tall, decaf, sugar free vanilla, non fat latte-also known as the »Why bother?« drink?
This book reminds me of a tall, decaf, sugar free vanilla, non fat latte-also known as the »Why bother?« drink?
Refill, please! 
I LOVED this book. Of course, I LOVE coffee, so the two go hand in hand. But seriously, Leonard Sweet provides some wonderful analogies between the experience of community at Starbucks and what people experience at the church. It also clued me in to the coffee Jack Nicholson loves in »The Bucket List«! Sweet has a wonderful way of taking deep concepts and putting them into simple terms and expressions, and while some may accuse him of being »Theology Lite,« his style of writing resonates with me and I enjoy reading his material. I got several sermon illustrations from this book, and found it helpful in stimulating my thinking on how we 'do' church in this day and age.
I LOVED this book. Of course, I LOVE coffee, so the two go hand in hand. But seriously, Leonard Sweet provides some wonderful analogies between the experience of community at Starbucks and what people experience at the church. It also clued me in to the coffee Jack Nicholson loves in »The Bucket List«! Sweet has a wonderful way of taking deep concepts and putting them into simple terms and expressions, and while some may accuse him of being »Theology Lite,« his style of writing resonates with me and I enjoy reading his material. I got several sermon illustrations from this book, and found it helpful in stimulating my thinking on how we 'do' church in this day and age.
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I have still not received this book and I have emailed the seller three times to tell me the status of the order. I have gotten no response. I am going to initiate the process of getting a refund.
I have still not received this book and I have emailed the seller three times to tell me the status of the order. I have gotten no response. I am going to initiate the process of getting a refund.
Flawed Analysis
As with many who are in the emergent movement they know there are issues within the church and often are correct in their identification of them. (Though you wonder how so many of them could have the same, incredibly bad experiences – I have seen and participated in some real authentic, Christ following fellowships and would think there has to be a few more out there). Anyway, my issue is with their solutions. Instead of returning to the Bible for how to do church (Acts, Pastoral Epistles), they turn to modern thinking and strategies for solutions that will only lead the church into more error and problems. In fact, I find it interesting that though the book was written not that long ago that today Starbucks is in trouble as a company and looking to find their magic again. Not sure how to fix Starbucks, but scripture gives us clear understanding of how a church will prosper.
As with many who are in the emergent movement they know there are issues within the church and often are correct in their identification of them. (Though you wonder how so many of them could have the same, incredibly bad experiences – I have seen and participated in some real authentic, Christ following fellowships and would think there has to be a few more out there). Anyway, my issue is with their solutions. Instead of returning to the Bible for how to do church (Acts, Pastoral Epistles), they turn to modern thinking and strategies for solutions that will only lead the church into more error and problems. In fact, I find it interesting that though the book was written not that long ago that today Starbucks is in trouble as a company and looking to find their magic again. Not sure how to fix Starbucks, but scripture gives us clear understanding of how a church will prosper.
Ok for coffee, not for content.
Most books have both good and bad points in them. But every so often, I run across a book that has practically no redeeming value. This was one of those books. Bluntly, it was one of the worst books I've read in a while. The essence of the book's message: Church should be E.P.I.C. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-Rich, Connecting). Starbucks does EPIC really well. The church could learn a lot from Starbucks. The format takes each letter (E.P.I.C.) and covers a chapter on how Starbucks enacts that letter, followed by a chapter on how the church could follow sync. It is ridiculous and offensive (not to mention just plain wrong) to imagine God saying, »Wow, Starbucks has a great thing going there. Let's try that.« (By the way, the Epilogue is entitled »Jehovah Java.«) The content is way off base. But the style is also lacking. Sweet extends his metaphors far beyond bounds of sense and interest. Boxes within the pages (with themed titles like »Brewed for Thought« and »Grounds for Truth«) attempt to stir thinking, but are usually rhetorical questions with minimal substance. The ideas aren't even fresh, as I've heard this basic message many times before. Sweet is clearly a coffee aficionado and he knows something of marketing strategy. (As a coffee-addict with a marketing journalism degree myself, I recognize that.) This book would've been fine (not great, but OK) if it stuck to that subject. But when he drags in the GOSPEL according to Starbucks, it's a whole different story. Don't waste your time on this book.
Most books have both good and bad points in them. But every so often, I run across a book that has practically no redeeming value. This was one of those books. Bluntly, it was one of the worst books I've read in a while. The essence of the book's message: Church should be E.P.I.C. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-Rich, Connecting). Starbucks does EPIC really well. The church could learn a lot from Starbucks. The format takes each letter (E.P.I.C.) and covers a chapter on how Starbucks enacts that letter, followed by a chapter on how the church could follow sync. It is ridiculous and offensive (not to mention just plain wrong) to imagine God saying, »Wow, Starbucks has a great thing going there. Let's try that.« (By the way, the Epilogue is entitled »Jehovah Java.«) The content is way off base. But the style is also lacking. Sweet extends his metaphors far beyond bounds of sense and interest. Boxes within the pages (with themed titles like »Brewed for Thought« and »Grounds for Truth«) attempt to stir thinking, but are usually rhetorical questions with minimal substance. The ideas aren't even fresh, as I've heard this basic message many times before. Sweet is clearly a coffee aficionado and he knows something of marketing strategy. (As a coffee-addict with a marketing journalism degree myself, I recognize that.) This book would've been fine (not great, but OK) if it stuck to that subject. But when he drags in the GOSPEL according to Starbucks, it's a whole different story. Don't waste your time on this book.
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