I had coffee today with a friend and former NCCer that now lives in China and works for the World Bank. It was his first time seeing Ebenezers–our coffeehouse on Capitol Hill.

The cool thing is that he was part of the leadership team that I pitched the vision to about five years ago. And he said and I quote: “I thought you were a fruitcake.” Hey, he’s not the only one And I can’t blame him. Our coffeehouse used to be a crackhouse. But I’ve learned over the years that the more God-ordained the dream the crazier it will seem.

Pretty cool for my friend to finally see the fruitcake dream that has turned into a coffeehouse. He was one of the early shareholders.

Maybe I’ll send him a fruitcake for Christmas