tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post5169121134965236336..comments2023-03-31T05:46:40.000-04:00Comments on Jennwith2ns: In a Few Moments of Compu-Grace . . .Jennwith2nshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07798541847458334716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-68878219221409794762007-04-27T21:50:00.000-04:002007-04-27T21:50:00.000-04:00Thanks, all, for your observations and encourageme...Thanks, all, for your observations and encouragement and the way you minister . . . even on the blog! <BR/><BR/>Also:<BR/><BR/>Marcus--not very nice, perhaps, but I definitely get it!<BR/><BR/>Dave--kudos to you for having a travel mug.Jennwith2nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798541847458334716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-1862099731001618132007-04-27T13:50:00.000-04:002007-04-27T13:50:00.000-04:00You should really find and read the article "Coffe...You should really find and read the article "Coffee Drinking" in The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity. For centuries now the world has been moved forward over coffee. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans my first thought was of my aunt and cousins; my second thought was of Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter. I raise my travel mug to you, Jennnnnn.David Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736122606687383813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-35643036040593001152007-04-27T10:41:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:41:00.000-04:00Serving Coffee definitely qualifies as ministry......Serving Coffee <B>definitely</B> qualifies as ministry... if you are thinking of ministry as <A HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?strongs=1248" REL="nofollow"><I>diakonia</I></A>, and ministers as <A HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?strongs=1249" REL="nofollow"><I>diakonos</I></A>.<BR/><BR/>Who were the ministers in <A HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Jhn&chapter=2&verse=5&version=KJV#5" REL="nofollow">John 2</A> when Jesus performed his first miracle? Not the disciples. Not Jesus. Not the wedding coordinator. The servants who did what Jesus told them to do. He asked for water and they got it.<BR/><BR/>When people ask you for coffee, you serve it. With a smile and a warm comment, I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>That is ministry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-23916780559195320642007-04-27T10:30:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:30:00.000-04:00First, I loved this: "Will someone please let me o...First, I loved this: "Will someone please let me off this gerbil-wheel?"<BR/><BR/>That may be my new mantra for when I'm having a bad day. (It used to be "Moron, your bus is leaving." But that's not really very nice.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-43885792458702462602007-04-26T22:56:00.000-04:002007-04-26T22:56:00.000-04:00As someone who loves where I work and is thrilled ...As someone who loves where I work and is thrilled with the product that I support, let me just say that I think there is no occupation in life that won't feel like "just a job" some days. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder that it is important to remember who we really work for and for citing the idea about asking for the gifts of the spirit for the work place.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943429844411466571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-28868074195061791752007-04-26T22:35:00.000-04:002007-04-26T22:35:00.000-04:00I appreciate you serving coffee. Especially good ...I appreciate you serving coffee. Especially good coffee at all hours of the day or night. Some of us really, really want and need that.<BR/><BR/>It may or may not qualify as an actual ministry...but I'd be willing to argue a pretty good case for it.Barry Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00417162275834989021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-24662094443071893872007-04-25T21:49:00.000-04:002007-04-25T21:49:00.000-04:00reminding myself constantly that i don't work for ...reminding myself constantly that i don't work for fame, recognition, money or even (hard to say for a male) respect.<BR/><BR/>i work as unto God. i work to redeem people to God. i work teaching oftentimes rebellious students in the hopes that their lives will be better off from my efforts and in the hopes that they will recognize that someone truly loves them.<BR/><BR/>and i need constant reminders of that. so, thanks, jenn w/ 2 n's, for another reminder.jasdyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492591447246532970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-88168922505716555542007-04-25T17:39:00.000-04:002007-04-25T17:39:00.000-04:00citing the site... what a sight! (you made me laug...citing the site... what a sight! (you made me laugh)L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.com