A few days ago I visited Catalina Coffee shop with a friend, which is considered one of the best indie coffee shops in Houston, if not also the US. Most of you know I LOVE coffee, its a passion for me, well I had really been wanting to go to Catalina but had just never made it over there. Well I finally did and it was awesome. Their espresso which I tried was the best I have ever had, it was a bit acidic for my taste, but it nicely coated my tongue, and the flavor was full bodied without being overwhelming. We also got to try chemex pot brewing there too, we were both really excited to try it, and it produced a really clean but tasty cup of coffee. The atmosphere was really nice also, well mostly at least lol, some of their pictures they had on the wall could have been changed but thats to be expected at an indie place. Also there are not many electrical plugs to be had, but that is a minor issue. They also roast their own beans, so if you're really into local its a good place to go. I would definitely recomend visiting it if you like coffee, its on Washington just east of sawyer street.

Hope you enjoy

As many of you know I'm a bit of a coffee geek, well I was wondering the other day, why do most people drink coffee? Is it more for the flavor or just for the caffeine buzz? Well I have created a survey to that extent :D So here it is, let me know if y'all think I could add more questions or jsut change it around a bit.

Sorry for the silence lately guys, been busy and been lazy lol. I will hopefully be getting a post up in the next few days about coffee, or maybe about something else. I realize i can just spell check this lol but how do you spell beginning?

Anyway, maybe tomorrow.

I've pondered this before and I decided to put it forth to all of y'all. Do unborns (you could also possibly include very young infants) if they die go to heaven or hell? After a couple days I will post what I believe.

In Christ,
Daniel

I have had the conversation with friends about companies that support any practice that we have a problem with, and how much should we buy from them. We try and stay away from them when we can, but it's not always possible. So I was wondering how much should we try and boycott a company over an issue, what issues should those be, and when do we say "its their choice to sin and not ours, and its not a big deal to buy from them"? Issues could be, abortion, homosexual marriage, support of a political candidate, environmental issues, or all sorts of things, basically anything that you feel is wrong.

Thoughts?
Daniel

P.S.
I edited the wording of my post on the advice of my mother.

We are at my grandparents this weekend in Corpus Christi (just a random fact :D), and I realized something as a read Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges this evening. I realized that when I not only read my Bible but also read a "Biblical" book, one that talks about some Biblical issue I'm sure you know what I mean lol, or take part in a Bible study of some kind, I'm much more at peace, and can handle things better. When I don't get this time in, this includes only reading my Bible and nothing else, I find myself struggling with a lot more things and life is just harder. As I think back over much of my summer this was also true when I was on vacation and spent much of my time, or at least some of it, doing these kind of things, I was very much at peace, and life was "easier". I'm gonna be paying attention to it as I go on the next few weeks to see if this is really true or not, but based on current evidence it is. Just a random thing I thought y'all might find interesting, and something to contemplate in your own life, it would be interesting to know if this is true in you're lives too. I guess I would also ask that people would pray for me to be able to find the time to read more during my week, and actually do it too lol.

Christ's servant,
Daniel

My mom suggested as an idea and something to pray about, that I start an on campus Bible study. The Bible study I go to now is on thursday nights and by then I am really tired and it keeps me up late. There are also no good Bible studies on campus, the one i go to is done by an HBU professor at his home. I would really appreciate y'all praying over the issue, and if anyone has any advice from you or someone you know about it, I would appreciate (yes I know I'm repeating the word lol) it.