A Conversion!

I bought a MAC today, the first day of 2008! 

So now I am transitioning from the PC to my MAC with the help of my son and the wonderful people at the Apple store.  The "genius" who helped me purchase my mac has a degree in "MIS", lots of experience in web design, etc.  and was able to asses what type of mac  would meet my needs without making me look foolish.   

I had been shopping for a Mac  by going into different Apple stores and browsing for the past month.  Since the folks who work there don't get a commission they weren't pushy, very welcoming, and authentic about really wanting to meet my needs in finding the right system.    Each time I left the stores, I felt like they really cared about me!!! They  answered my questions without making me look stupid.   I also was very comfortable with all the answers I received but most importantly, I believed that my PC was no longer the way to go! After I bought my Mac I also got a personal trainer! Such a deal!!  Okay, so I had to pay a little more.  But for a year I am invited to attend a one hour class each week on the different options Mac offers.   

So I was thinking how about the church?  I think we ought to send folks to the Apple "evangelism" school.  Our faith students  would learn what it means to believe in something so much that we are passionate just enough to make others comfortable about what we believe.  I know that we aren't going to convert everyone who comes through our doors. It is God who calls different people into relationships with different faith communities.  But if everyone who came browsing for a church was welcomed by folks who were passionate about their faith not passionate about getting people to come to church, fewer people would be scared away by the high pressure sales pitch.  If the folks looking for a better way in life and faith found through their experience  in worship and conversations with others in church helped meet need their needs, I know that folks would come back.  If Knowing that their questions would be answered, they would be welcomed back (no pressure)  and and they would get a personal trainer that would accompany them as they encounter all the new questions faith provides on the journey, people just may come back and stay!

Now back to my new Mac and a better way to compute!!!