Wesley's Horse

Ron Blake was born in Fort Wayne Indiana. He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary. In 2001 his alma mater conferred upon him an honorary doctoral degree. He married his wife Susanne White in 1980. They have one son, Bennett. He has pastored in Texas, Indiana, and Michigan. Dr. Blake was appointed the Director of Clergy Development at the Global Ministry Center in 2000. He was elected District Superintendent of the Indianapolis District in August 2011. He retired in June of 2022. He is currently serving as the interim District Superintendent in Wisconsin.

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Five Hundred Blog Posts

March 25, 2023 Dr. Blake

500! A couple of days ago, I posted my 500th blog article. Since I lived twice in Indianapolis, I thought I would commemorate by including a picture from the Indy 500 race. In late 2014 I decided I would write a couple of blog posts. The origins of Wesley’s Horse came from days working for the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center. The name came to me via Bryon…

They tell me it is Spring

March 23, 2023 Dr. Blake

First came the annual time change festivities, the routine: fall-back and spring-ahead. In basketball, it is March madness. Christians are deep into the Lenten season. For most of my life, I lived in the part of the world where there were four distinct seasons, which periodically would all visit on the same day. I now live where seasons do change, just not as dramatically and noticeably. Springtime is a welcome…

Life Lessons learned from jig-saw puzzles!

March 21, 2023 Dr. Blake

One of the things that Susanne and I have taken up in our early retirement days is putting jigsaw puzzles together. Before retiring, the last time I worked on a puzzle was in my pre-school days. I had no interest whatsoever in putting a puzzle together. Susanne, likewise, was a puzzle assembly novice. When we spent a few weeks last summer in the Chicago area, we decided to ‘do a…