This is a great spoof video, imagining that a Starbucks branch decided to model itself on a church. It's hilarious, but it's also slightly uncomfortable as it makes us see our church with a newcomer's eyes. I have to admit, there's a chance that I might sometimes sound or act just a little bit like some of these people, without really realising it.
Of course the "tragedy" is that that couple just wanted some coffee. And the coffee branch stopped them getting it, and put them off trying again. If you substitute "to know Christ" for "some coffee", it raises the stakes a bit…
Carl is Publisher and Co-CEO at The Good Book Company and is a member of Life Church Hackbridge in south London. He is the bestselling author of The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross and God's Big Promises Bible Storybook, and also serves as Series Editor of the God's Word For You series. Before joining TGBC, he worked as a journalist and then as a teacher, and pastored a congregation in Hull. Carl is married to Lizzie, and they have two children. He studied history at Oxford University.
