Bittersweet Farm

Bittersweet Farm

Ken

Floor and Coffee

Filed Under: Circuit-Riding

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My son is a man of modest means like his dad. He and his little family occupy and wee apartment just big enough for the three of them and little else. I was driving across parts of three states the other night and it was getting late so I stopped by to see if I could get a pillow, and a blanket, and a spot on the floor. It took a while but after waking a kind neighbor at about one a.m. I finally found his apartment and within a half hour I was sleeping soundly in the middle of the floor. [Read more…] about Floor and Coffee

Sigurd F. Olson

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

This year I have spend a good deal of time in Wisconsin. A great northern writer was Sigurd F. Olson. Lately I’ve been enjoying some of his writing. You might enjoy this clip.

Lois and I have returned from Door County, Wisconsin where we spent two beautiful blustry autumn days celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary. We enjoyed some good food, some time before the fire, a few bookstores, and many, many pictures.

Helping with the Harvest

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

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Holmes County, Ohio is Ohio Amish Country. It is beautiful any time of the year, but it is especially beautiful at harvest time. Harvest is hard work for any farm family, but it is especially intense for Amish farmers who do not use modern farm equipment. David Kline is an Amish farmer with a large family, but even with a large family there is enough work at harvest time to exhaust everyone and the dairy cows still have to be milked before daylight even during harvest time. [Read more…] about Helping with the Harvest

My Wife’s Pictures

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

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We are in lovely Red Wing, Minnesota this weekend performing a wedding for Shane Felber and Jenny Erickson. Tonight we will drive along the Mississippi home. It should be a beautiful drive. In the morning we will preach at Momence and tomorrow night we will preach at IBLP Headquarters. Lois took this photo of the stained glass window. I wish I could post a file of the pipe organ in all it’s glory. It sounds as beautiful as this widow looks.

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Autumn on Wolf Lake

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psa 16:11 NKJV)

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Last night I preached to a large group of college students in the Northwoods. There is something beautiful about young men and women who are seeking God with all their hearts. It is stirring to rise early in the morning and see young people all over the grounds praying and spending time with the Lord.

Matthew Henry said: “The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.”

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Here in the Northwoods and we are enjoying the first hints of autumn. Last year when I was speaking here for the Eternal Impact Summit I took this picture from Duck Point, where we were staying. Duck Point is a beautiful home built on land that juts out into the middle of the lake.

Faithful as an Old Truck

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

I am asking the Lord for at least another thirty years in the pulpit. I don’t deserve to be able to serve the Lord, but for the last thirty years he has regularly given me things I don’t deserve (and not given me some things I do deserve).

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Photo by Marie Freeman

With the Lord this morning over coffee, I was thinking. It is a crystal-clear, cool, beautiful morning in the Chicago area just as it was exactly thirty years ago today when my parents dropped me off at Moody Bible Institute to begin my formal preparation for the ministry. [Read more…] about Faithful as an Old Truck

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