what I'm missing at home

The National Youth Workers Convention is tremendous, and is on my list of "don't miss" events for each year. The benefits of attending are huge--getting re-filled by God, spending time with old friends, meeting other great new people, taking home an extra bag o' swag...But being away from home costs us something.

I missed my kids singing downtown Thursday night for our town's lighting of the Christmas tree. My wife has been out of town, too, so I missed several nights of kids snuggling in bed, making chocolate chip pancakes for the lot Saturday morning, and a devastating Penn State loss to Michigan State. Levi and I were on the phone off and on during the game, though, so we sort of watched it together.

It's Sunday, and our high school ministry is planning a night of experiential prayer exercises. I helped plan the night, but a few of our leaders are putting the whole shebang together and running things tonight. I know that it's going to be splendid, and I wish that I could be there...