{"product_id":"the-gospel-according-to-starbucks-living-with-a-grande-passion-9781578566495","title":"The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeonard Sweet shows you how the passion that Starbucks\u003ci\u003e(R)\u003c\/i\u003e has for creating an irresistible experience can connect you with God's stirring introduction to the experience of faith in \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Starbucks\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You don't stand in line at Starbucks\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e(R)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the \u003ci\u003eexperience\u003c\/i\u003e surrounding the cup of coffee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToo many of us line up for God out of duty or guilt. We completely miss the warmth and richness of the experience of living with God. If we'd learn to see what God is doing on earth, we could participate fully in the irresistible life that he offers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou can learn to pay attention like never before, to identify where God is already in business right in your neighborhood. The doors are open and the coffee is brewing. God is serving the refreshing antidote to the unsatisfying, arms-length spiritual life-and he won't even make you stand in line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEONARD SWEET, \u003c\/b\u003ePhD, is founder and president of SpiritVenture Ministries and is a professor at Drew University and a visiting distinguished professor at George Fox University. A leading social critic and cultural observer, Sweet is considered one of the most influential Christians in North America. He is the chief writer for sermons.com and has authored numerous books that have changed Christian thinking, including \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Starbucks, Soul Tsunami, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJesus Manifesto \u003c\/i\u003e(with Frank Viola)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eSweet lives in northern Washington.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Waterbrook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779386704146,"sku":"9781578566495","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c16a6ed8-b5fb-4fb3-94d9-d4cb21092dcc.jpg?v=1765367872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-according-to-starbucks-living-with-a-grande-passion-9781578566495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}