I am writing from Dallas where I attended a great conference called Innovation3 . Over 100 innovative church leaders spoke at the conference which was held at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship. Some of the leaders that spoke were Brian Tome (Crossroads Church - where my friend Phil Richardson attends), Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church), Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill), Nancy Ortberg (Teamworx2), Steve Robbins (Vineyard Church), Stacy Spencer (New Direction Christian Church) - just to name a few. The conference ended with a great talk by Matt Carter. Carter is the pastor of Austin Stone Community Church. Carter planted that church with the help of worship leader Chris Tomlin (imagine that!) and it has grown to have a dynamic impact in Austin, TX. The conference was great - the speakers were fantastic, the bands were awesome and the worship and praise was amazing. This evening I began the process of transcribing my conference notes - most of the other pastors had their lap top at the conference but my battery is bad so I had to use pen and paper. The content of the presentations was so good I couldn't write fast enough. When I finish transcribing I plan to share what I've learned with our ministry leaders at Norway - I may also post them on this blog. My plane leaves DFW early and arrives around 1pm in Columbus. After teaching a 6-9pm class at Marshall I'll be home. I look forward to seeing Kim and the girls.