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The Coffee Shop on Martin Luther King Boulevard

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Every morning for three years, Maria Gonzalez walked into the same coffee shop on MLK Boulevard in Memphis and ordered the same black coffee. She...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 4:5-42.

Every morning for three years, Maria Gonzalez walked into the same coffee shop on MLK Boulevard in Memphis and ordered the same black coffee. She sat alone. The other regulars knew her face but not her name. She had buried two marriages, lost custody of her daughter, and carried a shame so heavy she couldn't make eye contact with the barista.…

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John 4:5-42 — Progressive/Social Justice (edgy)

John 4:5-42 1:1-4; 2:1-4 is inconvenient on purpose—God interrupts comfort to liberate the oppressed—today, not someday.

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John 4:5-42 — Baptist (edgy)

John 4:5-42 12:18-29 won’t let you borrow someone else’s faith—following Jesus is personal—today, not someday.

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John 4:5-42 — Lutheran (edgy)

John 4:5-42 79:1-9 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

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John 4:5-42 — Pentecostal (edgy)

John 4:5-42 50:1-8, 22-23 exposes our control; the Spirit refuses to be managed—today, not someday.

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