I just wrapped up my day at the North Central University Missional Ministry Conference. I am heading home to see my family.

I spent two sessions with local pastors talking about missional church issues. I also spoke in chapel to the student body.

North Central has an urban campus in Minneapolis, and I was impressed to see the multicultural mix of the student body. This is the first time I have had a college chapel message interpreted for the deaf-- so it was nice to be able to sign a bit with some of the students after chapel. (I have not signed since my days back in Pennsylvania when we started the Millcreek Community Church of the Deaf.)

I particularly enjoyed a last minute "add on." A couple of days ago, the faculty from the Pastoral Ministry and the Theology Schools added an afternoon dialogue to my schedule. It was good to talk about the integration of theology and practical ministry. Hopefully my few suggestions will be a little bit of help as they think through these important issues.

Coming up...

Tomorrow morning you can drop by to dialogue with Western Europe missionary Larry McCrary about reaching Europe for the gospel. Stay tuned and come by tomorrow morning.