This weekend, a group of us from our community attended a great Renovare conference called “The With-God Life,” led by Richard Foster and Todd Hunter. The opening lectures on Friday night were worth the price of admission. Basically, Foster and Hunter unpacked Dallas Willard‘s simple paradigm for spiritual formation — vision, intention and means (V.I.M.).

It was also nice to reconnect with people we haven’t seen in over a year — Doc & Leitha Sellars, Larry Watts, and Mike McNichols. It is so good to see friends in the kingdom, knowing that God is at work in all of our lives even though we are separated by either distance or commitments.

I also wanted to say “Thank You” to Dad & Mom Z., Dad & Mom H., John & Mary Egan, and Diane Snowden for juggling our four kids over the weekend so Deb and I could attend this conference together. You guys are great! Thanks for the special blessing!