Some of my friends are going to a couple of conferences I’d like to be at too over the next few months, but the truth is you can become a professional conference-attender  if you’re not careful and pay less attention than you should to your main areas of responsibility. Sure there’s always a lot to learn and getting input is important for those of us who constantly give out, but the fact remains, it seems to be the same small circle of guys who speak at all these events. So if you’ve been to one you’ve been to them all!

I would like to go to the Multi-Site Conference in Seattle in April, but the dates don’t work for me as I’ll be in Florida for the wedding of a couple from our church who have decided to get wed in the sunshine – works for me!

My only other definite conference plans this year are to go to an invitation-only conference Rick Warren is hosting at Saddleback in May. Not sure how I came to be included on the guest list, which probably contains several thousand pastors, but if he was good enough to invite me, I’ll be good enough to go!