Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit

What an unbelievable first day of the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit Conference! There are scarcely words to describe how impressed I’ve been today.

I began the morning overwhelmed (and somewhat depressed) by the crowds and enormous, luxurious facilities here in South Barrington and finished the day having found a more quiet spot to truly listen and enjoy the conference. I don’t know what it says about me, but I’ve never been a big fan of crowds. So I spent most of the day sitting in an overflow area watching the conference on enormous video screens with a few other mostly older pastors. We finished the afternoon listening to a stunningly blunt message from Pastor Harvey Carey from Detroit, a feisty black pastor from the inner city.

I looked to my left and saw several old, white pastors with tears streaming down their faces. It was that kind of day. I was tempted to skip one session (info overload!), but it turned out to be an incredibly great session also.

Wow! What a day! Tomorrow I will blog throughout the day.

Praise the Lord!