Meteor.methods addChatToCollection: (meetingId, messageObject) -> console.log "Chat.size before -- " + Meteor.Chat.find({meetingId: meetingId}).count() entry = { meetingId: meetingId message: { # or message: messageObject but this is more verbose chat_type: messageObject.chat_type message: messageObject.message to_username: messageObject.to_username from_tz_offset: messageObject.from_tz_offset from_color: messageObject.from_color to_userid: messageObject.to_userid from_userid: messageObject.from_userid from_time: messageObject.from_time from_username: messageObject.from_username from_lang: messageObject.from_lang } } id = Meteor.Chat.insert(entry) console.log "added chat id=[#{id}]:#{messageObject.message}. Chat.size is now #{Meteor.Chat.find({meetingId: meetingId}).count()}" sendChatMessagetoServer: (meetingId, messageObject) -> Meteor.call "publishChatMessage", meetingId, messageObject Meteor.call "addChatToCollection", meetingId, messageObject