I’ve always enjoyed going to the in-laws for Christmas. Some years they seem tolerant of me, too. Mostly I think they just want me to get Lois and the kids and the presents there and then stay out of the way. I have really never been very good at keeping out of the way. I […]
Christmas Merriment
It’s Christmas again, the season of love and good will. It is the season of undying hope and Christian charity. It is the time of the year when kindness wells up within the most hardened souls. Christmas is the season when we look forward to the sound of carols, and sleigh bells, and most of […]
A Christmas Gift From Heaven
Today is Hannah’s Birthday. She is twenty-three today. Today I’m re-posting a poem I wrote when she was born: Our snow-enshrouded home was nestled neath God’s providential care Anticipating the arrival of a special package there. Then as if dispatched from heaven borne on angel-wings A parcel came to rest among our festive fashionings What […]
Chuk-Christmas Song-Detroit
In the Bleak Mid-Winter Our son, Chuk is going to sing “In the Bleak Mid-Winter” at our Christmas Eve Service at 5:00 p.m. at Evangel Baptist Church in Taylor, Michigan. It is a beautiful candlelight service I’m sure you will enjoy. Hope you can come. Thanks, Chuk for your efforts on this.
Alive to Wonder
Last Christmas Eve I was sitting in our cozy home when I felt a tug to go to a downtown church for the Christmas Eve service. I got my topcoat and keys and headed out. Kyle and Hannah went along. It was perfect. Snow was falling in the city. The service was everything you could […]
Christmas Courage: How to Overcome Fear
Date: December 16, 2012AM Title: Christmas Courage: How to Overcome Fear Speaker: Ken Pierpont Text: Matthew 1; Luke 1-2 Place: Evangel Baptist Church, Taylor, Michigan