• Paula and I just returned from the 184th session of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference. We met from June 6-8th at the Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL. As always it was a joyous to see so many of our clergy colleagues and lay partners in ministry, but this year was exceptionally sad also, as we voted on disaffiliations.


  • As I spoke about last week, my time here is coming to a close. I preach this Sunday (Pentecost), then I'll just be wrapping up a few things before the end of the month.