Starbucks
Saw this quotation today from Rick Warren, speaking at the Baptist Cententray Congress in the UK last month:
“My message to the churches in the UK is to study the pubs and places such as Starbucks. These places are not offering beer and coffee, but they are offering people community. People find the excuse to get together, and they have a longing for belonging. When the church can fulfill this longing to belong in people then they will not be able to keep people out.”
I love that phrase - “the longing to belong” - it describes perfectly what most people would never concede is one of the prime driving forces in their life.