Emphasis Preaching Journal

The North-Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church convened for its annual meeting in Atlanta in 1962. I was a seminarian at the time, serving a four-point charge in the Augusta District. Quite frankly, I did not want to attend the meeting. To attend would mean driving in excess of 100 miles, one way, and not getting home until late at night. Of course, all ministers were expected to attend all five days but since I was actually a member of the North-Arkansas Conference, and could not afford the expense anyway, I rationalized it would be all right not to attend.