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The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion | 
 enlarge | Author: Leonard Sweet
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 34295
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1578566495
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
EAN: 9781578566495
ASIN: 1578566495
Publication Date: January 16, 2007
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Product Description
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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 Refill, please! November 4, 2008
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.
 No customer service October 2, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 June 21, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
When Sweet Writes and Speaks, I Drink Deeply And Richly June 17, 2008
When I read this book, I smelled the coffee and tasted the cup of early and dark "double black eye" (true Starbucks fans and "Gospel" readers understand). Sweet takes the EPIC filter and brews a masterpiece. I read this on a journey to New York (where a Starbucks is on every corner) while traveling to celebrate my son's high school graduation. It was true "gospel." If you've never had a Sweet cup, this is a Grande place to start!
Sweeet at his finest February 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just how is a personal walk with Jesus like a fresh cup of startbucks? You will learn much about Starbucks, more about your spiritual life. It will make you long for both.
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