Coffee and the Kindgom of God: Steam Roller

Posted by Christopher Cocca ⋅ October 8, 2012 ⋅ Leave a Comment

Filed Under Allentown CoffeeWorks, Basketball, coffee, God, God's Kingdom, New Harvest, Religion and Spirituality, steamroller

Last week at CoffeeWorks, I happened upon a sign for New Harvest’s Steam Roller Blend. When I hear “steam roller,” the first thing I think of is Elvis. When I see the word PROVIDENCE on the front of a steam roller, the first thing I think of is kingdom of God imagery. In the local context, I think of everything getting literally or figuratively steam rolled by the powers that be, and then of how we’re called to faith in God’s own righteous work, and to partnership in it. The kingdom of God is here, the kingdom of God will come. God’s justice will come for the poor and the oppressed. All those sitting in high places will be leveled. All who are weary and weak will see the face of God. We’re called to get in on that action.

If you’re wondering, the coffee was good, too.

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About Christopher Cocca

Christopher Cocca is a Pennsylvania-based writer and community organizer. His fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in Brevity, elimae, Pindeldyboz, Geez Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, Generate, and elsewhere. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing (fiction) from The New School in 2011. He helps lead the Air Quality Partnership of Lehigh Valley - Berks and is the Associate for Urban Mission at FPC Allentown. Opinions expressed on-line are solely his. Quotation does not equal endorsement, except for when it does.

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