AmericanPapist Comments
There is a trucking firm, I believe it is called Covenant Transport. It has pro-life slogans printed on its trucks.
Alaska Airlines used to be well-known for this: they would include a card with a scripture quote on their meal trays. So far as I know, they stopped doing this some years ago,
I got the anti-God quote at the CUA Starbucks.
I am concerned with Starbucks being at CUA. Yes, I go there; but it's because they have the coffee. And I need the coffee while going through hundreds of pages of Balthasar in a day....
It would be interesting to know exactly when Rick Warren wrote the lines you quoted, since one of the most quoted lines from Benedict XVI's homily for his Inaugural Mass in April 2005 has been this:
"Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved ..."
JH told what I was going to say. I once complimented a flight attendant on the cards (they were OT, btw, so Judeo-Christian), and she said they get both + and - reactions to it.
Teresa, OK, but the point is not that Rick's is some novel insight, but that he has the good sense to repeat anew an old truth. This isn't about plagarism, etc.
I remember when the "self esteem" movement was picking up steam in the 1980s.
At the time it occurred to me that I had been taught in (Catholic) school that there is a God who is almighty and all-loving, that He created me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world and to be happy with Him in the next.
Once you come to accept those principles, "self-esteem" kinda takes care of itself, doesn't it?
Personally, not a big fan of Starbucks . . . willing to give them another taste.
I've always liked that Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays (much like Chik-fil-a). I appreciate supporting a business that gives their employees the opportunity to worship as they like. (Being in Wichita, we don't have too many Jewish employees.)
not to spit in anybody's cuppa, but I also read that the new Joni Mitchell song which criticizes the Catholic Church by name is also marketed by Starbucks...
Starbucks has not suddenly "acquired faith". I believe they give to Planned Parenthood and I have not heard anything to the contrary. This is an effort to give everyone equal air time, or "cup time", after that anti-God quote debacle. While they are to be commended for putting a Rick Warren quote, and that specific quote of his, on the cups we have to keep this gesture in context.
"we have to keep this gesture in context."
Well, ok. Thanks for the good advice. I wondering, though, what gestures do we NOT need to keep in context?
Two national buisnesses:
Employee's Express of Tennesee-OTR Trucking firm with HUGE graphics of St. Michael and the serpent on each side of the cab AND on the back of the trailer with caption "St. Michael Protects Our Drivers."
Also, Carolina Snack Foods of North Carolina, with John 3:16 printed on the back of every pack of pork rinds.
WAC
re: "we have to keep this gesture in context."
I suppose it's my New York cynicism coming through. It's my default mode, for better or for worse. I don't expect a company like Starbucks to put a quote like that on their cups out of a genuine respect for Judeo-Christian values. I'm glad they've decided to do that. But the cynic in me can't help but wonder.
That's a pretty good list that this readership is compiling of companies that provide some regular Christian witness. However, I live in New York City, where most if not all of these services or products are not available. So I guess that leaves me with Starbucks.
I luv NewYorkers (heck, married one). But you can have the city. :)
Henry, you can actually GET "through hundreds of pages of Balthasar in a day?" LOL
I'll gladly keep the city, warts and all. :-)
this article was from 2005. i never saw that particular quote, but there was a great one from Steve Martin about keeping things in perspective when you're rich. It was good, and ridiculously funny.
i don't know of any other organizations that do this, and also Forever 21 has been bought since then...but they might still do it. I'll have to check.
good catch, wondrous pilgrim, the date escaped my notice. blogging crunches do that to you. thanks for the comments everyone else!
Yes, Hobby Lobby (although I could do without the "Testamints" at the counters.
Also Curves, the women's exercise mini-centers. I've seen scripture verses in the kitchsy wall plaques on one. They're also closed on Sundays, and the owners give to pro-life causes and aren't ashamed to mention their faith.
Curves! I forgot about Curves. There are a number of Curves scattered throughout the 5 boroughs (though none near where I work - rats.) I'd definitely patronize them. Some would say I should patronize them.
Kit-Kat, you work near rats?
Yes, I can get through hundreds in a day -- depending upon the text(s) and if I am at the height of my energy.
Of course, I plan to get through the whole of the Trilogy by mid-October before going back to earlier texts. The hardest test has been Vol 1 of the Theo-Drama.
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