January 1, 2008

Welcome to a new year. Welcome to the new site. Welcome to a new way to learn, live, love and lead.

I had no idea how much fun it would be to try to build the community site we need now and I had no idea how much work it would be. As we start the new year we have Rob Tate and Chet Cromer to thank for working on this like crazy. We now have some infrastructure that will become more and more apparent over the coming weeks as we integrate new functionality to the site. The store should be pretty cool too. You can finally get that music you've been asking for over the last two years as well as an ongoing assortment of cool stuff that directly goes to support the efforts of the Daily Audio Bible.

Enough about all of that. HERE WE ARE IN 2008! I feel like I've let an old friend go as I leave the old year and bound into the new one but I have a sincere anticipation for the future. What God has begun to do here has finally taken shape. When all of this started I was clueless as to where it would all go and although I don't know the extent of the future I do know that we are a virtual community that cannot be denied and we desire authenticity in our relationship with God. What better community could one hope to be a part of? The beautiful thing is that we can begin to really communicate in ways we couldn't before with this new site. You'll see! In many ways this has the guts of social networking without the ads and sleeze and yet we remain grassroots and geared toward making real connections virtually.

I'm rambling already BUT I'M STOKED ABOUT THIS! Keep checking back as we begin to fully integrate the new vision for 2008 at the Daily Audio Bible.

Happy New Year. I love you All

Brian