Sip #1 – Read Chapter 7 of Mark in The Message translation (MSG in Bible apps)
Sip #2 – Read my big takeaway from the day
Sip #3 – Add comments/thoughts/questions in the Comments Box (bottom of page). NOT REQUIRED
Sip #4 – Re-read any parts of Chapter 7 that impacted you
Sip #5 – Come back tomorrow as we we read Mark, Chapter 8

Thirsty Thursday, friends! I have three fun facts about coffee to share:

Coffee is a fruit: The seeds we roast and grind are actually the seeds from the coffee plant’s berry-like fruit, called a coffee cherry. 

Coffee was discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder: Legend has it that a goat herder noticed his goats acting strangely after eating the coffee plant’s berries. 

Coffee was once banned: In the 16th century, coffee was banned in Mecca because it was believed to encourage radical thinking.

I hope you enjoyed your cup of joe today, my radical thinker… savor those moments and join me in Mark, Chapter 7… Powerful stuff in verse 24-26…

“From there Jesus set out for the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house there where he didn’t think he would be found, but he couldn’t escape notice. He was barely inside when a woman who had a disturbed daughter heard where he was. She came and knelt at his feet, begging for help. The woman was Greek, Syro-Phoenician by birth. She asked him to cure her daughter.”

This is one of those cases where…