{"id":4969,"date":"2010-09-26T10:10:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/why-the-catholic-church-is-like-starbucks.html"},"modified":"2010-09-26T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T10:10:05","slug":"why-the-catholic-church-is-like-starbucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/why-the-catholic-church-is-like-starbucks.html","title":{"rendered":"Why the Catholic Church is like Starbucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/starbucks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"starbucks.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/09\/starbucks-thumb-400x219-18105.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" height=\"219\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicphoenix.com\/2010\/09\/25\/the-catholicity-of-starbucks-three-similarities-shared-by-the-church-and-corporate-coffee\/\">this post <\/a>(at a fine new blog I&#8217;ve just discovered, <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicphoenix.com\/\">Catholic Phoenix<\/a>) offers some smart answers.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, like Starbucks, the Church &#8212; being universal &#8212; comes in a variety of sizes and flavors, to suit any taste.  I like my faith tall, dark and rich (no cream or sugar).  Others like theirs a little bit nutty, with whipped topping and a scone on the side.<\/p>\n<p>Like the (often-derided) hymn puts it: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNgLXE3MgdU\">all are welcome. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this post (at a fine new blog I&#8217;ve just discovered, Catholic Phoenix) offers some smart answers. Of course, like Starbucks, the Church &#8212; being universal &#8212; comes in a variety of sizes and flavors, to suit any taste. I like my faith tall, dark and rich (no cream or sugar). Others like theirs a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-r-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why the Catholic Church is like Starbucks - The Deacon&#039;s Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/09\/why-the-catholic-church-is-like-starbucks.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why the Catholic Church is like Starbucks - The Deacon&#039;s Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Well, this post (at a fine new blog I&#8217;ve just discovered, Catholic Phoenix) offers some smart answers. 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