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. [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Graduation 2006 – How Time Flies!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Graduation, Memory Lane, Praise on June 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Boldness of Stephen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Boldness, Year of the Bible on June 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Like many Wesleyans, our church is reading participating in The Year of the Bible program. I like that many in our church are not only reading through the Bible this year, but are also trying to read with new understanding. I have read sections of the Bible that I have never read through before. Isn’t [...]
Sunday Sermon Starter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Celebration, Communion, Sermons on June 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This will be one of those posts that get us thinking about Sunday morning’s topic. This Sunday I will be preaching from 1 Peter 1:13-25 (NLT) This week as we take communion, we want to focus on celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our worship this week will reflect this thought. So often we only [...]
When Days Don’t Turn Out As Planned
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Music, Praise on June 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today started out like any normal day. It was time to get the oil changed in the mini-van. So I took the van down to the local garage. While the mechanic was changing the oil, he commented that the tires were worn down to the belts. Well, that was not the kind of news I [...]
Virginia Transplant
Posted in Blogging on June 6, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The title of this blog comes from an aquaintance I met several years ago. His blog is titled Atlantic Transplant. Dean grew up in the area of New York, where we moved from. We got to met each other while he was preaching at a small campmeeting that I was involved in. He now lives [...]
Having trouble reading all those names in the Bible?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Year of the Bible on June 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Many of you who attend Preston Wesleyan Church have been reading through the Bible this year. This includes struggling through those difficult Old Testament names. Well, help is on the way. Thanks to my friend Mark Wilson, you now have a tool to pronounce those difficult names. Go ahead and follow this link, Biblical Words [...]
Sunday Night Thoughts – June 4
Posted in Blogging, Sunday Thoughts on June 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been two weeks since I first started blogging. This past week has been a week of writer’s block. I’ve started several times this past week to put up a new post, but nothing came of it. Some of you may wonder, “Why blog?” After this past week and putting up with writer’s block, I [...]
Are You Connected?
Posted in Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Sermons on June 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Just two weeks ago we celebrated together the fifty-seventh anniversary of our church. This morning we want to look an even more important birthday or anniversary. We want to take a look at the beginnings of THE church. When we take a look at the disciples in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we discover that [...]

