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Harvest October 27, 2008

In our part of the world it is harvest time. I love to watch the harvest. It’s beautiful time of the year and a harvest is thought-provoking. Here is something to think about on an autumn drive this time of the year: Jesus used the harvest as a metaphor for end of the age and the judgment of God. (more…)

TV in Kentucky October 25, 2008

The Pierpont Sisters are singing in Kentucky tonight on WLJC. You can watch them live at this link, or see the program from the archives for a week from tonight. Let us know if you watched!

Savanna October 24, 2008

It was cold last night—good sleeping weather we like to say—if you have a cozy bed piled with quilts. Last night I got in bed with a warm feeling of security. I slept between flannel sheets. Before I went to bed I prayed to Jesus, the King of angels, that He would watch over our home and our dreams. The house was quiet. I tumbled some scripture over in my mind while I went to sleep. I slept deeply.

Savanna did not. She was drinking with her boyfriend. He was drinking more. Things turned ugly. She was scared. She called the police. (more…)

Your Worst Suspicions October 21, 2008

Sometimes people are out to get you, but probably not as often as you think. The sad fact is most people really do spend most of their time thinking only of themselves. They are not guilty of malice toward you as often as they are guilty of indifference. In my thirty years of ministry I have noticed that part of the Devil’s craft is inspiring people to do just the wrong thing at just the right time to confirm the worst suspicions of the best people. Not everyone is out to get you even when it seems so, but there are dark forces at work to make you think they are. Which reminds me of how many really bad stories begin with the line: “I was in a hurry.” (more…)

God’s Creation in Michigan October 18, 2008

Pure Michigan October 17, 2008

Check out this set of radio adds for our beautiful state of Michigan. My favorite is the Nature’s Show radio add. Scroll toward the bottom of the page and listen to that.

Apples on an Autumn Afternoon October 10, 2008

I have a little snapshot in the album of my memory of a carefree fall Saturday morning. I’m about ten years old. I’m in Levi’s and a stripped tee-shirt with a red wool ball cap. I’m sitting on the front steps warmed with sunlight. The sky is bright blue and clear. Overhead maples flame with color and wave their branches out over the road. I’m eating a Jonathan apple. Dad is working on the old black Studebaker that he bought from an elderly man in Bellefontaine for fifty dollars. The car radio is tuned to a big-ten football game. The Buckeyes are running up the score against one of their lesser opponents. It must not have been the Michigan game—probably Northwestern, Minnesota, or Indiana. I finish my apple and toss the core across the road into Jew Knights yard when no one is looking. (more…)