Balzac on “The Pleasures and Pains of Coffee”

This is a wonderful little read. For the full text, go here: The New Partisan.
Finally, I have discovered a horrible, rather brutal method that I recommend only to men of excessive vigor, men with thick black hair and skin covered with liver spots, men with big square hands and legs shaped like bowling pins. [...]

Must… Have… Coffee…

It’s 9:30am, on a normal day, and I am just now having my first cuppa joe. There’s something wrong with this picture.
Kindergarten, part 2… Today, when I left off Sophie at school, as we got out of the van, I put out my hand and… no reciprocal hand holding… from my 5-year-old daughter… who calls [...]

A Case for Pastors Hanging Out in Coffee Shops

Great little article about making “Coffeeshop Connections.” Here’s a particularly good thought:
Where else do soccer moms mingle with Goth kids dressed for the Friday night show? Or young, upwardly mobile commuters interact with a homeless man? Or a local pastor (me) interact regularly with anyone outside the church?
“Hmm… I wonder why you like this [...]