In our project life, just like in our lives, there is that point at which we have to turn fear into joy. Like when we take on that new role for which we feel unprepared. It might be when we need to face someone with whom we have deep differences. Well, once we determine that we’ve addressed our concerns, we learn and move forward. Last episode, we pulled back the skin of the onion of our project in “explore.” We took a hard look at what all could bump in the night. That raised our concern level. Now is the time to face those concerns…to encounter how we as a team will move forward with joy, with excellence. This is a natural process, one that we may have taken in our faith journey. When we were completely lost, when the bumps in the night seemed to me more powerful than the coming of dawn, we may have open our eyes and encountered our merciful God through his Son, The Word made Flesh, The Savior who came so that we may have eternal life. And what followed that encounter? Well, joy. And that joy fed our hearts, and we took encouragement (noting that courage comes from the word for heart in latin). Let’s put that process into our project story to feed joy and excellence.