I am a simple parson—storyteller. It is my goal in life to tell the story of the gospel and the stories that surround the gospel. When I do that people’s lives are transformed and then I train them to embed the same life-transforming stories in the hearts of others. I’m out to change my world—through […]
Fewer Meetings-More Ministry
I have a profound stirring in my heart to have fewer meetings at church and more ministry away from church. I’m not against the big assembly—I just think that weekly assembly is going to be much more dynamic if it is filled with new believers who were mined like diamonds out of the community around […]
The Pierpont Men
This picture was taken in September of 2009. It is one of my favorite photos–taken of four of our sons and our oldest grandson the weekend of a family camp at Camp Barakel. These men are five of the reasons I ask God every day to give me grace to live in a way that […]
Training Sons to “Take Hold”
Here are a couple pictures of Dan and Wes, our younger sons. When I wrote the article they were a few years older than the first picture. This summer the bottom picture was taken. Photographic evidence of them “taking hold.” Have you ever had trouble training your young sons to “take hold” of a task […]