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I love the catalog, especially the espresso rosary. Hilarious...though I know some people who might actually wear one.
This is an interesting project. In fact, my wife and I were just talking about how much we must spend on coffee each week (she at Starbucks, me at Bordertown Coffee--- is ours a mixed-faith marriage?). It's probably frightening, even though it's only a few times/week. And while we have our priorities right and tithe at our "real church", we did ponder what else we might accomplish with these coffee expenditures.
Also, this project is funny yet serious. Everyone is religious: some people think there is a divine God, whereas humanists think that they are the most divine beings in the cosmos. What I think is interesting, though, is how coffee is used at churches. A mixing of the "sacred" and the "profane" during fellowship time. Which is, perhaps, a good example of us emulating God acting in the world, as he did when he also mixed the sacred and profane by being present in the world as a human being.
A final coffee observation is that in America, we don't take coffee nearly as seriously as other cultures do. In Finland, most offices have two officewide coffeebreaks each day, where *everything* comes to a halt and people congregate over coffee.
Hopefully you find these rambling comments to be a positive contribution to your project!
This project is interesting, but I feel that focusing on one religon (as broad as it is) seems narrow. I would like to see more about religons beyond Christianity.
That said, I used to drink coffee every day during high school. My friend and I commented yesterday how coffee was to highschool like booze was to college. You thought you were cool when you had it, and other people around you hadn't found out about it yet. Coffee was like a secret club where we would congregate and share, or just have quiet alone time together. Sometimes I miss being in a coffee shop and drinking coffee... but for some that don't have the taste for coffee, they have the taste for other things and daily rituals. However, I have stopped drinking coffee because it made me feel sick, and I thought I was allergic. Now rarely going to coffee shops, am I no longer a part of the coffee ritual or religon because I can't do it... or already knowing how it works, am I still a part of the community. Is a member always a member?
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