Urbana 2000

I can’t remember how many people the room seated (it was definitely in the thousands) or how many countries were represented. We were all singing the same song — I think it was “There Is a Louder Shout to Come” — and realizing, “this might be what Heaven will be like.” I know not every nation, tribe, and tongue was represented, but there were more in that space than I’d ever been exposed to at one time. There were probably some people there who were more concerned about catching their flight home and some who just weren’t in to it, but at least from where I was standing, it seemed like everyone was joined together in unison not for a cause but for a Person. So cool to experience just a taste of what we were singing about.