Bittersweet Farm

Bittersweet Farm

Ken

A Good Word at the Right Time

Filed Under: Village Parson

Years ago in Ohio I had a friend named Cliff. Cliff loved to hunt deer, especially during the bow season. At the time I was meeting with Cliff and his wife Amy every week to disciple them. They were young, eager Christians, just starting a family. Their oldest child was a beautiful little girl named Torrey.

Cliff was a teacher and a coach. In the autumn he would spend his afternoons in a tree stand enjoying the fall and waiting in silent enjoyment for deer until dusk. One evening I drove west, across rolling Knox Country, for our meeting enjoying the cool snap in the autumn evening and the slant of the light as the sun set beyond the trees. When I arrived at Cliff and Amy’s I noticed that Cliff had been successful at taking a nice deer. It was hanging in his yard.

I came up the back stairs and in the door. Amy welcomed me. Cliff was there and Torrey. Trying to be funny I said; “Cliff, I see you shot Bambi there.”

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What’s New

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

We are dividing our time between Hinsdale, Illinois and Flint, Michigan for another month, after which we should be in Hinsdale for good.

From August 8-11 I will be in Indianapolis speaking at the Advanced Training Institute Regional Training Conference. Take a look at the ATI site for details. I would love to see you and your family there. Check to out here and let me know if you are going to be there. You can buy me coffee for the tip. Here is the URL: https://ati.iblp.org/ati/events/trainingconferences/

On August 26, 2006 I will participate in my fourth CRIM Race. In 2003 I ran the 8K. In 2004 and 2005 I ran the ten-mile. Lord willing, I will run the 10-mile distance again this year. The race is a very big deal in Flint and we have grown to love the event. The Character Inn is the host hotel for the elite athletes and the race begins at the very front door of the hotel and ends on the bricks of Saginaw just two blocks south.

Discipline Yourself

Filed Under: Faith and Family

I once heard a young man say; “When I was little, if I said a bad word my mother would wash my mouth out with soap. One time I said a bad word and my brother said I was going to get my mouth washed out with soap, so I went and got some soap and put it in my mouth and went to my mom and said, ˜Mom, I said a bad word but I already washed my mouth out.'”

When I heard that story it reminded me of the passage in 1 Corinthians 11:31 that promises if we judge ourselves we will not be judged by God. Like I enjoy a shower almost every day, I want to keep clean and right with God. I try to discipline myself so God does not have to do it.

Ken Pierpont
Brook Place
Hinsdale, Illinois
July 25, 2006

My Wedding Garment

Filed Under: Circuit-Riding

Our family spent the month of May in Mexico. We traveled light. I packed a blue blazer and kaki slacks, some dress shirts and work clothes. When we returned from Mexico we were to report to Nashville and then go through Ft. Wayne, Indiana to perform a wedding before returning home. I didn’t have a suit for the wedding but I didn’t want to have to carry one all over Mexico. I hoped that a blazer would do.

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