Log Day 13 - The Others

Last week Christie and I attended the National Church Planting Conference in Orlando, FL. The theme of the conference was "Risk" and that resonated very well with us. It was an amazing week filled with clarity. We came away hearing from great speakers like Ed Stezter, a church planting guru, and one of my personal favorites, Gene Appel. We also had some moments to spend with Donnie and Cinda Williams (lead pastor at LifePointe) and get some wise counsel and perspective from our friend, Brent Foulkes.

I think most exciting was to see the 800 others that are doing the same thing. It was encouraging to know there are others following this call, experiencing the same up's and down's, questioning it all, running forward with passion, taking the risk - and realizing that we are not alone. There are others!

Our destination is on the horizon and while the methodologies will change dramatically we are excited about what will be charted next in our journey. This is the biggest risk I have ever taken. The winds are blowing very strong change in our direction as we set out to plant a new church.

Log Day 1 - Stormy Days

Storms are blowing through tonight which seem to reflect my own dilemmas of late. The destination is very clear. The most confusing part is the journey to get there. The storm itself is not so half as bad, almost beautiful to watch at times, as long as you have a safe place to watch it and can remember where you are going. My wife and child are my safe place in these current storms that are passing by, reminding me of the beautiful moments that really do exist.

My intention on blogging is to navigate through such storms that come along in this journey with better clarity. This place will be a place for my thoughts to collect and be sorted like Professor Dumbledore's pensive, but for the unmagical. Perhaps look back and see the good moments that seem to find themselves among the bad ones. So dive in and enjoy the uncharted waters of my life.