In the movie What about Bob? Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) is a patient of psychotherapist Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss). Leo tries to help Bob overcome irrational fears… like elevators (“...baby steps get on the elevator... baby steps get on the elevator...”) and medical catastrophes (“What if I'm looking for a bathroom, I can't find one... and my bladder explodes?”) What’s so irrational about that? I have the same thought every time I go to Mexico.

At the same time, Bob tries to help Leo’s son Sigmund overcome his fear of diving, head first, into the water.

Siggy: I mean, my dad just dropped me in the water. He let me go with no warning. I mean, I nearly drowned. My whole life passed before my eyes.
Bob: You're lucky you're only 12.
Siggy: It was still grim.

I have an irrational fear of diving into the Blogosphere. My life passes before my eyes, especially the part where I flunked college English 101. Three times. That’s where I learned that all rules of grammar are logical, except where they’re arbitrary.

Like Siggy and Bob, I’ve been standing on the shore watching great bloggers do their thing, but hesitate to jump in myself. After all, I can’t match Guy Kawasaki’s sense of humor or Seth Godin’s insight. When I read Scot McKnight (The Jesus Creed) and Andrew Jones (Tall Skinny Kiwi) I feel unworthy of swimming in the same ocean. But, God gave me a passion for small groups and community life and I just have to blog about it. He gave me an unprecedented opportunity to learn from and work with the best... Russ Robinson, Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman. He also helped me overcome my fear of writing when He created spell check.

1… 2… 3… Jump.

Comments? Dive in head first. Even if your name is Bob.