Why are the best conferences so far away?

Firstly, New Word Alive – which I am very excited about is a 7-hour car journey away, or an 8-hour LDV minibus journey! But the States is where it’s at for conferences really Resurgence, Desiring God, Gospel Coalition, New Attitude, Band of Bloggers, Together for the Gospel, Ligonier Ministries… and the latest one I came across is called Dwell, an urban church planting conference with Mark Driscoll, Tim Keller and CJ Mahaney (described as having more hair than pride!). Redeemer church and Mars Hill are the most ‘successful’ church planting churches in the States.

I do have a little pipe-dream to spend a month travelling round North America checking out some churches and conferences… maybe next year! However, I shouldn’t moan too much, the New Frontiers conference with Mark Driscoll this year is only a 20 minute walk from my house