text: Coffee | Subversive Influence
  by Brother Maynard | Apr 16, 2008 | Coffee, God Life, I Ramble, Music, Scripture Considered
  A couple of days ago I mentioned a visit to St. Ben's and thoughts from John 10. There have been some good bits of conversation around that, including Matt Thomas' post as well as comments in the thread here. I noted today that Jamie Howison has posted part of his Homily from Sunday evening, including a great metaphor from Dr. Alf Bell about an old sheep. As it turns out, I had coffee with Jamie this afternoon — we made a point of finding an independent coffee house rather than the nearest place with a circular green logo. Both of us lean strongly toward the independent shops rather than the "big chain." Interestingly, it seems that locally-owned coffee houses actually do better with a few Starbucks around, according to something called The Venti Effect. In addition to discussing a point or two about my continued Anglicanization and several themes around writing, Jamie tipped me off to a forthcoming CD release this weekend — I'm hoping to be able to post a review soon. Read more…