Our Signature

Yesterday at 1pm EST, Apple Inc. played a video to an eager audience to kickstart their annual worldwide developers conference.

Here’s a link to that video: http://www.apple.com/designed-by-apple/

In the keynote that followed, Apple’s CEO and senior staff took the stage to announce new products and updates to their popular mobile and desktop operating systems. As an Apple employee I was very excited to see what the company was up to, but in all that craziness, what struck me most about the presentation was how proud the entire staff was of their work.

Apple’s signature, “Designed by Apple in California” was proudly showcased at the end of the keynote.

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“what do we want people to feel?”

One of the many lessons I’ve learned from this community is that we’re not meant to keep our faith to ourselves. Who we are as people of faith is something that is meant to be shared, something to be proud of. So when I reflect on the work this community had enabled me to accomplish over the years I ask myself, “what do we want people to feel?” I’m left with a simple answer, joy.

“then we begin to craft around our intention”

In all aspects of my life, I’ve sometimes made compromises that confused convenience with excellence. Time constraints, poor communication, and unknown variables sometimes force our hand into making poor choices in this community, but if we’re really focused on our goal of bringing joy to others, “then we begin to craft around our intention”. If everything is centered around joy, then it will undoubtedly lead to God.

“only then do we sign our work”

In our desperate pursuit for God are we led to excellence. We need to give a firm YES in our decisions, but equally important can be a firm NO when we realize that God is calling us to search for a greater solution. When we are confident and soaked in God’s Holy Spirit, He will make the decision His own, and “only then do we sign our work”.

– Jesse R.
We are, young people being and bringing Christ wherever we are.