CHICAGO
I'm living the life of luxary high on the 7th floor of the Hyatt O'Hare -- when I'm not in a meeting -- which has been most of the day. It's currently 37 degrees with snow expected tonight.

It's good to see so many friends at the Covenant Midwinter Conference. And travel yesterday wasn't too bad. The TSA security check was no big deal and those guys seem to have it down now. I think the government put all of the security agents thru friendliness training, too. They laughed and joked with passengers during the screen. That helps a lot to ease the tension and move things along. The plane was delayed two hours but eventually we landed in Chicago.

Tonight, my roommate Steve Bilynskyj and I took Olle Alkholm for his first Chicago pizza at Ginos. Olle is the pastor of Immanuelskyrkan in Stockholm and is president of the Ministerium of the Swedish Covenant Church (Svenska Missionsförbundet). That is, he is my Swedish counterpart. He was fun to get to know. He has cool business cards. One side is in Swedish and the other in English.