This series is taken from my personal diary during the first couple of years of church planting. The entries range from painfully raw to joyfully visionary. I hope they bring encouragement to anyone who reads them, especially church planters.
Austin, Texas                                                                                    September 8, 2007
I am slightly less scared and four months more experienced, considerable in church planting! I have interviewed four guys for Admin/Exec positions and none have panned. Instead, God brings me Nate, whose story of redemption is fresh and real, a burned rock star gone gospel hungry. A visionary in his own right, dreaming up places for us to meet and a launch weekend in March. Meetings are going well, a mix of community, discussion, prayer, and worship. God is at work.