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$\"\"$ <\/a>So when Jim Dekker, a colleague and leader in the North American of Professors of Christian Education (NAPCE<\/strong><\/a>), asked me (last year) to speak this Fall at their annual meeting, I was delighted about the opportunity.<\/p>\n

I had no idea who might attend but while at the airport waiting for the plane I bumped into my old friend Perry Downs (at left), who was with Miriam Charter, another CE professor who knows a bunch of my friends and a lifetime of experiences in mission education \u2026 and this was the beginning of a day when I saw several old friends\/students of mine who now are involved in NAPCE like Steve Kang and Steve Kemp, met new folks like Dennis Williams \u2026 I better stop there. It was surely \u201cmy people.\u201d<\/p>\n

We were at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, and it was a delightful time for me. I was invited to address the professors about how young adults see the church, which gave me the opportunity to test a few new ideas, and then to deal with one theological topic, and I chose gospel and its impact on education. My gospel project is part of a book that is being edited by the publisher. The time was very stimulating and I enjoyed meeting those there, seeing old faces, and being part of an active set of thinkers who had challenging questions and probing these topics.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"