In the spring of the year my heart goes to baseball like a needle points north. I can almost smell the leather of the baseball glove, I can hear the crack of the bat, and I can feel the laces on the ball. The outfield takes on the emerald green of spring and little boys […]
My First Ball Glove
A classic re-post from 2002 Every time we pass the Meijer Department Store on 28th Street in Grand Rapids I say; “That’s where I got my first ball glove.” And the family groans. Sometimes I don’t think they appreciate tradition like I do. I get to Grand Rapids about three to five times a month […]
No More Running (Part Two)
Why I Like Walking Walking gives me time to think and listen and pray. I prefer to walk in a beautiful place where my soul can drink in the world around me. Walking is the right pace to listen to bird songs and smell the scent of the forest. When I walk I can think […]
No More Running (Part One)
The Day I Became A Runner I will always remember the day I became a runner. I started running in about 1983. At first I ran just twenty minutes a day. I ran in a pair of high-tip basketball shoes. I couldn’t run a quarter-mile to the stop sign at the end of the road […]
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day (Sermon)
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan Date: May 27, 2012 PM Title: Between Memorial Day and Labor Day Text: Mark 1:35 Speaker: Ken Pierpont
How to Treat Pagans
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan Date: May 27, 2012 AM Title: How to Treat “Pagans” Speaker: Ken Pierpont Series: Matthew’s Gospel Matthew 15:32-39