Classic re-post from 2002 No one loves Christmastime more than I do. But when you are the head of the household it has its attendant frustrations. One of them is finding the money to cover regular expenses and the additional expectations of Christmas gifts and celebrations and trips. One December afternoon about ten years ago […]
Ann Voskamp Advent Video
(Holly and Jesse’s Fireplace in Oregon, ready for Christmas) Holly pointed me to a simple, home-made advent video by Ann Voskamp… Ann said something wonderful and worth thinking about today…. “Maybe more than scientific conclusive evidence of God… maybe the dark depths of us long for a wounded weeping God who doesn’t write answers for […]
Free Advent Devotional Books
The pressures and business of December can completely crush the life out of Christmas if you let them. Here are a couple free resources that you can use to quiet your heart and think deeply and biblically about Christ and Christmas. They are books of advent devotional writings–a brief reading for each day, one written […]
How to Prepare Your Heart for What Only God Can So (Sermon)
Ken Pierpont Luke 1:37
Mary’s Little Baby (Sermon)
https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141130_11_00_AM_Sermon-1.mp3 Ken Pierpont Luke 1:31-33
Creative Tension
Thirty-five years ago we set out together only to painfully and frustratingly discover how very different we are. For years we have been doing the clumsy dance of trying to wed our differences and produce legitimate offspring. Along the way about three decades in… we were surprised to discover how very much alike we are […]