i selected prestonwood as my place to worship…my time to set asside to spend time with my Lord and not ashamed to do so in a publice surrounding. I did not come to this surrounding to find fault, but to find the why’s and how’s that this fellowship of believers and new believers come to worship…

the first time was mind boggling….this was way to big…to noisy…to glitsy…to much camera ..to much make up …..but wow…
not to much action…..that was where i became a follower…..once the choir was in place….the lights where on the begging part of service of baptizing new entrants into the church and kingdom of
God….then….first class well prepared musicians…preparing our hearts our minds and our souls to shut out everything arround us you were not part of a huge crowd…..but..a part of a bunch of folks wanting to praise a living GOD….and we did…with class …with style…first class all the way…..and why not…who are we praising…..does HE

My mouth fell open the first time I saw it. I thought it was a sports arena. Well, I was just very very intimidated.

I went in (because what are you gonna do sit in a hot car for two hours?) and it was really something.

The music was great. I don’t think there’s room for 1,000 people to sing at once but they do have multiple services so maybe if you add them all together you’d get 1,000.

Small groups (Bible study classes) that’s how you meet people and start to fit in / feel comfortable. And that’s where you make friends and develop relationships.

The people there aren’t any better or worse probably than people in any other church. They are just humans like you-and me.

Before I went there, I knew there was a God. I think we all know that - Dr Graham actually says that’s “innate knowledge” but I didn’t know just about anything else.

The church was really good to me. They offered a several classes with teachers who volunteer their time.

I can’t address (answer) every question in here mainly because I can’t remember them. But yeah, he’s definitely airbrushed. You know the wrinkles softened (I am a part time photographer). Softened, but not removed. He’s mid-50s - not 90.

There are probably 50-75 photographers in the congregation and if you want to be considered for work you just call them and they put your name on a call list and so no it’s not a scary village or anything.

There is definitely NOT a chef on hand. It’s just the standard Texas food service staff which means spanish speaking and short. (Which is Texan for our well loved neighbors and friends.)

The thing about Mr. Barron is that everything written about him and all, it’s very painful to the family.

The people who know them and love them, they aren’t going to turn their backs on them. What he has attempted to do is frightening. To me, what he really (really) is guilty of is attempting to destroy the life of a child. Abused children, especially sexually abused children, have a hard time living a normal life.

I pray for his family daily. I pray for his sincere repentence and restoration to God. I pray for his children. I know they are suffering.

take care

I’m not angry at rich, I’m angry at unethical - church statements crafted for consumption dictated by lawyers or insurance companies.

How they handle their Joe Barrons highlights the urgency for the Southern Baptist Convention to get up to speed with other denominations and organization and deal with clergy abuse and victims openly and clearly.

The resolution will likely get nowhere at the convention.

Satan isn’t attacking Graham and the church, Barron’s choice and arrest isn’t about an abberant ‘outside’ influence. Graham’s statement was devoid of humanity and reality, echoing entrenched intitlement and enablement.

I wondered if Jack Grahams image was airbrushed, filtered, botoxed or if he’d had plastic surgery.:^)