We used to talk about "refried" sermons in Mexico when you took something your preached in one church and did it again in another. Of course I never do that in the US. Ha-ha. Well, you have a refried blog post in front of you right here. You may recognize this photo from the previous post. I lost it from the original post a few weeks ago because of some editing I did with the shot on flickr. I did not want to leave a wide open space on my blog, so here it is….
I'm keenly aware of a large backlog of stories to share, pictures to upload, and thanks to be given on these pages. Life this past month since my last posting has been a bit full. I hope to share some reflections on these pages over the next few days and weeks. Let me just say, my trip to Europe and the Middle East were profound both in terms of perspective gained and relationships built in ministry.
But before I launch into some of these stories, I want to post my Friday Foto, which I have not done for awhile.
I'm in Chicago currently for some meeting and speaking. I was invited to share in a class at North Park Theological Seminary on Tuesday night about what I saw and experienced in the Middle East. That was fun. Last night I was able to attend a lecture at the Seminary as well on Islamic Christology given by a leading Muslim scholar. It was fascinating and also gave me the awareness of how much more I need to understand about Islam. Tomorrow I head to Little Falls, Minnesota where I get to preach and speak this weekend at a Covenant church, again about our work and the interesting things God is doing in the focus world.
On Wednesday night I escaped to downtown Chicago and spent about 5 hours wandering with my camera, up and down Michigan Avenue. As you may have guessed, that is not hard for me to do. I went to school here in Chicago in college plus a few years in Seminary. I have not been up the John Hancock building for 30 years. That is where the picture above was taken. Things look pretty much the same from this level. Down on the street however, much has changed. Millennium park close to the Art Institute and the Loop are a significant addition. Of course, when I was here before we were not close enough to the Millennium to have a park named after it. Anyway, I have a bunch of new photos from my long walk on Wednesday night on my flickr site should you care to browse.
Sorry it has taken so long to post to my blog. I've been busy over on facebook , traveling and speaking. Stay tuned and please keep us in your prayers.
