Conversation I had at Starbucks today.

I was reading my Bible and the lady next to me decided to talk to me about it.

Lady:  Do you think the Bible is true?

Me: uhh… yeah.

Lady:  Really how can there be a God?

Me:  Uh,  I am not sure what you want me to say.

Lady: Well there are lots of people who are suffering.

Me: Are you suffering?

Lady: No but God should do something about all the people that are.

Me:  Well if there is no God why don’t you do something about all the people that are suffering?

We actually went on from here to have a pretty nice conversation about evil, and if God is real.  At the core of it though I think she just wanted someone to talk to about life’s big questions.  Maybe Starbucks has become a safe place for many people to meet others and have those conversations.  I am sure I am not alone, or the first Christian to be reading a Bible in Starbucks and have these kind of interactions.  This was not the first time, nor the last.

ryan