Thanks Kevin! January 31, 2006
Thanks to my faithful brother Kevin for all the work he has done on the new www.kenpierpont.com website. If it was not for his help and work over the last six or seven years a huge part of our ministry to people would not exist. I am grateful to him. Check out his stuff. Thanks, too to Isaiah Mays for his work on the photo in the banner and to my dear wife Lois who is not only the mother of our eight children but my photographer on retainer for life. If you like her photos you might want to take a look at her site.
Gilbert Morris January 30, 2006
I met Gilbert Morris last night. We were asked to sing at a little church on the other side of the state. We arrived and set up and just before the service a friendly older man carried a guitar up to the front of the church and set it down. He turned and introduced himself to us. He said his name was Gilbert Morris. I thought that was interesting because there is a fairly well-known Christian author with the same name.
We were introduced and sang to a full church. They sang some hymns and then asked us to come back and sing again toward the end of the hour. When we were done the pastor closed the service and we all went downstairs for refreshments. It was nice. (more…)
Fellowship with Jesus January 29, 2006
I have been meditating lately on the sweet privilege and holy priority that we have in the prospect of fellowship, union, abiding, communion, and intimacy with God.
What was God’s purpose for creating man but to have the pleasure of fellowship with him and to be glorified in that communion?
What was the greatest beauty of the garden but the fellowship Adam and Eve enjoyed with God as he walked with them in the cool of the day?
What was the greatest tragedy of sin but that it broke fellowship with God and hindered the posterity of Adam and Eve from fellowship, from communion, from walking with God?
What was the purpose of God in sending his Son to Calvary but to restore fellowship and what is repentance but the restoration of fellowship?
What is the essence of the Christian life? Is it a creed, a system, an organization, an ethic, and moral code? No it is a relationship, a fellowship, a communion and love between God and man.
What is the ultimate glory of heaven? Will it not be the presence of Christ and the prospect of walking in unhindered, unbroken, unending fellowship with God?
“Oh, God show me in deeper and deeper ways what it means to have fellowship with you. As I pillow my head tonight visit me with the sweetness of your manifest presence in my very heart. I long for fellowship, for intimacy with You, O God. Fill me with holy love and when I awaken on the Lord’s Day give me a song and a beating heart that is eager to gather with other saints and sing and attend to holy things, and assemble for your worship. Amen “
Holly and Dad January 27, 2006
Holly and Dad working together at the Young Ladies’ Winter Gathering.
Kyle and Elizabeth at Barakel January 25, 2006
This in my first born boldly leading his lovely wife in the exploration of God’s creation at Camp Barakel on snowshoes. This picture was taken last winter when they were courting. They now live in a quaint home I like to call “The Little Cottage in the Dunes” which technically isn’t in the dunes, but I have the heart of a poet, so you have to grant me some literary license.
I “borrowed” this photo from the Barakel site. My guess is that is was taken by Steve McCormick pictured below:
An Answer to Prayer
Yesterday morning my heart was burdened to give my younger boys some undivided attention. I couldn’t think of anything good to do. I was stumped and my creativity battery was dead. I often take them with me on errands, or ministry trips but it is easy to be distracted during those times. Most days I have them read in the next room while I work but even then they do not have my full attention. If I go to too many bookstores they groan, even if I offer to buy them over-priced, syrupy, fat-laden coffee drinks with foreign-sounding names.
Stumped I mentioned it to my Heavenly Father; “Lord, show me something to do with the boys today that would help them know I love them.”
My prayer was answered within an hour of the time I asked it. Danny came into my office and said; “Dad, Chuk said he isn’t going, is it OK if I go to with Mr. Schrader to the Ping Pong Club tonight? Wes was right behind him, eyes wide, on his tip toes waiting for an answer. I said, “Why don’t you let me take you, that way I can watch you play?”
Immediately I shot to hero status for the day. I took them and I didn’t take any other project to work on or books to read. (O.K. I did have a book to read but I left it in the car and didn’t read a word until all the boys games were over). They did a good job and win or lose they were polite and respectful. Watching them I realized that even though we still have a long way to go to manhood and the character of Christ, they are good boys and I am well-pleased with them.
They thanked me over and over for taking them and I thanked my Father for the idea. If you want to be a good Father, your Heavenly Father, who designed the whole fatherhood idea will always help you if you ask him.
Ken Pierpont
Riverfront Character Inn
Flint, Michigan
January 25, 2006
Cement Block House January 16, 2006
We used to live less than an hour from the heart of the Ohio Amish Country. The countryside there was pleasant to see and we frequently drove the back roads in every season and watched the progress of growing things and family life there. My day off was Monday. That was usually our day to wander the back roads and browse the bookstores, and sample the baked goods of the Amish Country. We enjoyed picnics in the summer, apple cider in the fall, coffee and cheese tarts to warm the coldest winter days. On warm spring afternoons we rolled down the windows to smell the fresh earth turned by horse-drawn plows and listen to the music of birds returned from their winter homes. Holmes County looks beautiful year round.
(more…)
The Best Place to Do Theology January 9, 2006
Last night I checked the mail and it is official. All my requirements for my Master’s Degree from Moody Graduate School are now complete. I started six years ago almost to the day.
My Bank January 2, 2006
I used to own a bank, but I lost it. Actually, it was taken away from me. My Dad took it. My aunt gave it to me. It was a Christmas present. She made it herself. It was a green Cocker Spaniel bank. It was sort of a kosher-version of the classical piggy-bank. It was ceramic. It sat right on my dresser and I kept my allowance in it. Every week I put a couple nickels in it. I made a dime shoveling the drive. I got a little allowance almost every week. It had a hole in the bottom and my dad covered it with cardboard so the money wouldn’t fall out. Eventually it started getting heavy. I imagined all the things that I could do with all that money.
(more…)
