This past weekend I spent 3 days on Orcas Island in Washington State at Leonard Sweets home. Len was the head of my Doctoral Program at George Fox Seminary.
We spent 3 days eating (too much eating) and talking. Len has a study in his home that he calls the "Star Chamber" it's probably the coolest study I've ever been in. He has it set up with an old ships door leading into it and inside it looks like something you'd see in a movie. Books piled everywhere, filled with antiques and everything has a story. That is the kind of room that would inspire me to write.
If you've read this blog for any amount of time you probably know that I did this D.Min program with one of my closest friends Jeff Tacklind Jeff and I have been friends for 16 years and he is someone that I love to be with. So this weekend had it all for me. Time with Jeff, time with Len time with Chuck, John, Henry and the others from George Fox. What I liked about this weekend the most is that it was a time for dreaming. We talked a lot about what the Church could look like and what it will probably look like.
I'm back now in Dallas and it is pouring outside. I'm the only one in my office and I'm enjoying some time reflecting on the weekend. I'm already looking forward to going back next year.
