Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Fair-Trade Coffee and the Kingdom

Would Jesus drink coffee? I'm not sure if they had it in Bible days--my limited research on that seems to be 'no'...

But if Jesus were walking around today, would he drink coffee? And what kind?

Now you have to understand--I love coffee. Yes, I love Jesus. And I love coffee. I know--it's cheap to use the same word 'love' for things you like versus people you really love. I know...

But I think if Jesus were walking around today--he'd drink Fair-Trade coffee. Why? Because it's a great way for us in the West to say to those in developing countries--Hey, we care...

Fair-Trade is a great way to promote justice, a fair living wage, and puts dollar signs on compassion. I know it doesn't fix all the problems in the world, but maybe, just maybe, Juan Valdez will be able to send his kids to college because of it.

And that's good to the last drop!

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