Tonight is graduation for Magna Vista High School. Now none of my children are graduating this year, but next year at this time, hopefully, one will. It’s hard to believe that our oldest daughter is beginning her senior year this fall. She hopes to attend Indiana Wesleyan University when she graduates.

How time has flown. This summer marks several events in my life. It’s been 25 years since I graduated from high school.

Twenty years ago this summer, I toured with the Continental Singers. I played bass guitar on Tour A. The tour took us up the west coast to Seattle. We then toured Alaska for ten days and returned to the mainland. Once we returned to Seattle, we took a four week tour through western Canada. Then our tour took us back down the coast to Los Angeles. This tour solidified God’s call to the ministry. I had always felt that God was calling me into music ministry.

As a part of that calling, I then attended IWU and graduated from there ten years ago this past April. How time flies when you’re following what God wants you to do. God was not done with me yet. I still thought music and worship was going to be my full-time calling. God had other plans. Just last year I finally finished taking classes through the Wesleyan Church and was ordained last summer.

So forgive me as I get nostalgic. It won’t be long before my wife and I celebrate 20 years of marriage together. God has been good and it has been a great journey so far. I look forward to what God has in the years ahead as we continue on the journey of following Him.