The Mad Scientist Coffee Mission

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Coffee starts out as a seed inside a coffee cherry that grows on small evergreen trees. These trees can grow up to 16 feet tall, but they are pruned so that the red, ripe coffee cherries can be picked by hand. The seed is removed from the coffee cherry, then it is processed, dried and roasted by master roasters like Ian Boyle at Good Sense Coffee.

Mad Scientist Coffee cares about the coffee farmers who make our coffee possible. All of our coffee is fair trade to ensure that the coffee farmers are being paid a fair price for their coffee beans. A portion of the proceeds from every bag of Mad Scientist Coffee also supports the work of Seed of Hope Thailand.

Jesus talked about fruit and farming in John chapter 15 in the Bible. He said that God is like a Gardner and that He is like a vine. We are like branches that are grafted into the Vine so that we can receive nourishment from Jesus to produce fruit. Jesus said that God prunes the branches that produce fruit so that they will produce even more fruit, but that branches that don’t produce fruit are cut off from the life-giving nourishment that Jesus offers and are cast away to wither and die.  

Jesus doesn’t want any branches to wither and die. In fact, Jesus came to earth willingly because He desperately loves us. He died and endured our punishment on a cross to pay the penalty for our sins, not His own. He proved that He was the promised Savior foretold by the prophets in the Old Testament when God raised Him from the dead. 

Because of Jesus we can experience the abundant and fruit-filled life that Jesus promised us (John 10:10). Each one of us has been invited to be grafted into the Vine, Jesus. If you are not currently enjoying this rich, purpose-filled life I would invite you to:

1) Admit to God that you are a sinner and are living a fruitless life. 

2) Ask Jesus to graft you into Him so that you can experience a new purpose and the abundant life that He promised us.

3) Reach out to a pastor, family member or friend that is already following Jesus and is producing the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control in their lives and tell them about your decision to follow Jesus (Galatians 5:22-23). 

We are not meant to live out our Christian journey alone. We are called to live out our faith journey in community, so please consider joining a Bible believing church and you will start to experience the abundant and fruitful life that Jesus promised through the sweet presence of God’s Holy Spirit in your life. Shalom dear friend.