But Seriously

What's your favorite drink at Starbucks? Describe it. If you don't like Starbuck's what do you drink instead?

I am not a coffee drinker, but I do enjoy tea.  My favorite drink at starbucks is an iced chai tea. I like the spices, especially the cinnamon. Something in the chai tea doesn't like me, though and so I only let myself have one a week.

 

Second to iced chai, I like the iced passion tea. Unlike black teas, the passion tea is not bitter at all. I usually order it without sweetener.

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Cherishing Possessions

What is your most cherished possession?
Submitted by Hometown Girl.

 In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, washing away businesses and houses for almost 5 miles inland.  Residents lost everything.  My friends and family who escaped came home, in many cases, to nothing more than a concrete slab.  One friend only lost half her house, the entire back half.

In January of 2008, thugs broke into my house, held me at gunpoint, and stole money and jewelry.

Over the past 4 years, I have learned a lot about possessions, but the most important lesson I am learning is to hold loosely to things and hold tightly to relationships.

If I lost my photo albums, I would be sad.  Similarly, if I lost my computer, I would lose a lot of digital photos, not to mention some cool programs.  Movies, video games, music, books--I enjoy them all.  I even have some of my childhood possessions in boxes in my basement.  My wife calls me a pack rat.

. . . but I could live without all of the things.  They serve as reminders of what who I really love.  I am learning that relationships are the key component to a life well lived.  Possessions should be an indicator of who we are and what we like but they should be held in an open hand.  They come and go and we can not take them with us when God calls us home.  I could say that my most cherished possessions are the people I love, but they do not belong to me--and perhaps that is all the more reason to cherish them.

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One Book

If you were only allowed to own one book, what book would you choose?
Submitted by The Private Library.

If I were only allowed to own one book, I would own the single most dangerous book in history.  I would own a book that addressed life, reality, and ultimate reality.  I would own a book that addressed the core of humanity.  I would want varying genres to stimulate my thoughts.  I would want a book that would take time to read and would not reveal all of its mysteries in the first reading.

The book would touch the mind, heart, and soul.  It would speak to history, biology, geneology, spirituality, justice, mercy, conflict and love.  It would challenge the reader to seek greatness, deny self, and grow in grace and truth. 

I would own a book I have already read a dozen times and hope to read again a hundred times more.

I would own the Bible.