I guess I'm not cut out to be a blogger. I just got back from Banff. Every year our denomination holds its Pastors & Spouses Conference at the Banff Springs Hotel. It may be one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith - how did a denomination made up of mostly small, rural churches manage to find itself in the likes of that hotel. I'm not complaining - it is a great week of being pampered and living like the beautiful people do!!

Juli and I have been the mc/hosts for the conference the last few years. It makes it a bit less of a personal retreat for us, but I really enjoy it. They ask us back so it must not be too bad. Although this year I did crack a joke that made a reference to Li'l John & Crunk music - again remembering that most of the pastors serve small rural areas (and come from the same) it went off like a WMD. I have to admit that I always liked Jackie Mason and Dennis Miller most went they bombed and made jokes about how bad their jokes were!