Got this suggestion for a church name from a buddy of mine today:
How about this for the name of your new church: MacChurch
“Where It’s Okay To Not Be P-C” or “Where Everyone Has Taken a Bite From The Apple”
Your loga can have three Mac Computers stack like the Connection Church’s blocks.
-Mike
Obviously, Mike knows my heart. 
You have big things to accomplish in life. For many of us, those big things are getting dusty while we sit around and think rather than actually getting out there and doing them.
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” -Steve Jobs
We were all born with something to give in this life. John Maxwell says, “Everyday add value to people.” Your gifts are unique. They inform all of your desires, interests, passions and curiosities. These gifts are your purpose. When you start using your gifts and living them out, you begin to add value to people and live our your purpose.
You don’t need permission or a blessing to go find that purpose. God has already given you a S.H.A.P.E. that you are now responsible to explore, develop, and live out.
S.H.A.P.E. stands for:
You are the only person who can make that unique impact in the universe. Your dent is different than anyone elses. Go make a dent!
I was having a conversation with a friend last week about how I actually expect our team to make mistakes. I shared how our staff understands that if they aren’t making some mistakes they aren’t trying hard enough. It was a revolutionary idea to this guy…he could barely comprehend it at first.
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs said, “I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…It’s very character-building.”
Making mistakes is a completely different thing than being a mistake. I’ve never heard of a successful person who didn’t fail or make any mistakes.
When I get to talk with successful people, I consistently find that they did make mistakes…lots of them. After failing, these successful people changed their performance, values, systems, etc in response to their initial mistakes. And guess what. They got it right the next time.
They viewed mistakes as warnings rather than signs of hopeless incompetence. If you never make a mistake, you aren’t living life to the fullest, you aren’t trying hard enough, you aren’t challenging the process, and you are selling yourself short.
Don’t be scared. Go for it.
Ok. I can’t resist this blog. As usual, the anticipation of WWDC is killing me. It is like a kid the week before Christmas multiplied by 1,000. The new iPhone firmware comes out supposedly on Monday and I am just pumped. Then, to wet my appetite this patent information surfaces today. I hope EVERY little feature on the patent is true.
Digital video camera, blogging software, video conferencing, 3G network support and instant messaging…are you kidding me? YES!
Now that my sinful, materialistic self has been shared, would anyone want to buy my 1.0 iPhone?
Better yet, let’s get real for a few, what makes you materialistic?
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