I am at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago for a couple of days at what is called HARVEST UNIVERSITY. Harvest stages a training event for pastors and leaders from those churches involved with Harvest. There are dozens of workshops, great times of worship and teaching, and relational interaction. I have with me all of our pastors from the NewSong church plants and Brad Mellette a former intern at our church and pastor of a church in Montreal. Everyone is enjoying the experience and really feeling like they are getting "what they needed." Even Alex, my son who is with us, went to worship track classes and has left fired up! Every year a pastor needs to get away and get their batteries recharged. I can't tell you how my mind gets cleared and uncluttered. I have all kinds of creative thinking and I leave here ANXIOUS to get back to the mission!