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# Post-Summit reflections
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2005816post-summit-reflections-html/
- Published: 2005-08-16T00:16:33.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:34:27.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Events, #DashHouseCom, #wp

What I liked about the [Summit](http://www.willowcreek.com/events/leadership/?ref=dashhouse.com): **Stories** – lots of them! Stories about what is happening in a AIDs- and poverty-stricken township in South Africa, the inner city of Detroit. Lots of stories. **Diversity** – This may be one of the first conferences I’ve attended that wasn’t dominated by white men. Hurray! **Justice** – The mainstream evangelical church is discovering justice. These quotes hit home to me: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (Martin Luther King Jr.). Or this: “If a church is surrounded by poverty, it has to do something about that poverty” (Mosa Sono). Almost half of the speakers spoke on issues of justice rather than business. **[Southwest](http://www.southwest.com/?ref=dashhouse.com)** – If you’re going to learn from business, you may as well learn from one that loves people and hates being a corporation. Listening to [Colleen Barrett](http://www.swamedia.com/swamedia/bios/colleen%5Fbarrett.html?ref=dashhouse.com) was a treat. **Hybels getting ribbed** – Hybels took a lot of good-natured abuse. That was fun, really fun. Nice to see him not being taken too seriously. **Authenticity** – Maybe it was just me but everything seemed a lot more real this year. The people on stage (including the music teams) weren’t preened and perfect. 50% less hype – very welcome. At this risk of complaining, here is some of what I didn’t like: **Wifi** – would it kill you to allow us to blog while we’re there? We should have picked the [Stoney Creek](http://www.scachurch.com/?ref=dashhouse.com) site – kudos to them for providing wifi. **Parking lot attendants** – They have power issues. Or else I do. Either way we didn’t get along. **Money** – At a minimum of $169 a head it’s too expensive. Decentralize the simulcast sights so that any church with a dish can pay a nominal fee to watch it. 53,000 people at $169 a head = $9 million dollars. Bet they could do it for half that. Finally a suggestion to the [Willow Creek Association](http://www.willowcreek.com/?ref=dashhouse.com): Do a [Technorati search](http://www.technorati.com/search/%22leadership%20summit%22?ref=dashhouse.com) and see what other bloggers are saying about the Summit. May be more useful than the feedback forms!