Here are a couple paragraphs from an essay I wrote in about 1994 when we were living near Apple Valley in Knox County, Ohio just off St. Route 3. (Route 3 is a beautiful stretch of road that angles northeast from Mt. Vernon to Loudenville through Jellico and Amity and come of the most serene […]
The Little Light in the Kitchen
Bittersweet Farm; where every day is a beautiful day, and the little light in the kitchen is always on.
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 10) A Delightful Discovery
Happy, Happy News Most of you know that Lois and I have been married almost 39 years and we have been blessed with four sons and four daughters. We also have six grandsons and three granddaughters. Lord, willing this year Holly and Jesse will have a little girl named Bella Allene, Chuk and CC will […]
The Time of Tiger Lilies
Sunday evening I returned from camp. One of the Bethel faithful was on his death-bed so before I came home I drove to see him. He lives in the beautiful countryside northeast of the church. On the drive out to his house the road was lined with banks of Tiger Lilies blossoming, bending forward, waving […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 9) Twenty Years On
Twenty Years on Shear Lake This week I’m with our two oldest grand-buddies, Kyle Kenneth and Oliver Bruce. We are at Camp Barakel. This week I am speaking here on the shores of Shear Lake for the 20th year in a row. The partnership with the people and ministry of Camp Barakel has been one […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 8) Why We Do What We Do
The Latest News From Out on Bittersweet A week from Sunday it will be July and no summer in my life has ever flown so swiftly past. Next week I will make a holy pilgrimage to preach at Barakel. This week all the children are coming in. This is a rare and wonderful thing. We […]