This morning I shared an illustration from book, How Starbucks Saved My Life, by Michael Gates Gill. This is a touching and impressive story of a man who was born to privilege learned humility. The subtitle is, "Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else." [Amazon copy] For those of you in my local south Jersey area, I found several copies in our local libraries. [Google Books copy] This story is a good illustration to connect to Philippians 2:5-11. For anyone in local church ministry, you may find some of the Starbucks principles application to caring for "guests" to your ministry as well as how to relate to each other in the ministry, especially an attitude of respect for both guests and "partners" (employees. You might also check out Leonard Sweet's book, The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion. [Amazon copy]
For some video interviews of Michael Gates Gill, check out these YouTube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjn-fd-Sz-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvW2Uuph9g
Interview at: Authors@Google
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