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BUZZ 09/17/2009

Several years ago I bought a very cool cap from a coffee shop in Seattle. It was embroidered with a “B” on the front that stood for “Buzz,” which was also embroidered on the side of the hat. Of course, the coffee shop’s name was printed on the back too. Most people thought the “Buzz” stood for the caffeine rush you got from drinking this fine coffee. Good guess…but there is a much better story attached to it. Evidently, this coffee company had been around for quite a while and they were one of the first companies to enlist the services of a sports figure to endorse their product. They chose a baseball player whose nick-name was Buzz. He was a big league pitcher who got the name Buzz because of how he would regularly throw high inside fastballs to brush guys back from crowding the plate. Hence the name Buzz from the sound of the ball whizzing past their faces. I’m sure the buzz these guys got was quite stimulating – a real “wake-up” call. I can see why the coffee company thought “Buzz” would be the perfect pitchman for their product (pun intended).

Actually, there is some hard science to coffee giving you a buzz. Not only has it been proven to get the brain working a little better (especially in the morning), but in large doses, it can cause quite a buzz – literally. There have been a few times when I had a few too many cups and got so wired I couldn’t go to sleep! But I have heard stories about people who got so excited that their heart started pounding and they thought they are going to die. That’s not the kind of buzz that is a good buzz, if you know what I mean.

As much as I like java and yes the little buzz I get that helps me wake up in the morning, it is nothing compared to another heart-pounding buzz – the one that I get from knowing God personally.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7

Bruce Porter

Imaginating is the art of imagining what could be and using whatever resources available to you to create something beautiful, amazing, and beneficial to others. I have this strong belief that being "created in the likeness and image of God" is really about our unique ability to create like The Creator - to simply think of something that doesn't exist and make it happen. Its a gift I believe everyone possesses. How much we use it is up to us. It is the big WOW - the AHA of life - that we can ponder what could be and do something about it. Whether it be in the arts, restoring relationships, righting an injustice, or creating pleasing environments, I believe we are destined to imagine what part we can play in imagining and creating whatever, to inspire, help, and enrich the lives of others for the common good.

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