reason #117

Guest blogger Abbi Zeliff had a nice talk with his grandfather that he wants to tell you all about over at the Swerve blog. It's a good reminder, and yet another compelling reason to get on the Third Place bandwagon. People need some place they can go, why not your place?

He goes on to talk about how the burden is "compounded" for those in ministry, "because there are lives at stake." He encourages you to slow down too. So once you have your third place space, either staff it during regular business hours or learn to use the espresso machine.

Pastor Brian Zahnd of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri is one guy I really like to listen to, and I think he would agree. (He's even more fun to watch, because he's very animated - the audio podcasts don't really do him justice.) Their third place space is called Solomon's Porch, and he mentioned once in passing that, "In my church I am never more than 160 steps from a cappuccino. It's great."