Optimism

Joel Tetreau is an optimist, and I love him for it. Maybe it's impossible not to be an optimist when you're the pastor of a church plant that God is blessing with growth—in depth, not just breadth. I visited his church—oops, a cell group from his church—when I was in Phoenix on a Wednesday night last fall. He is a terrific encouragement, and it's been great to see him again in LA this week. He's got some optimistic thoughts on last week's Leadership Conference, too.