Things are quiet out on Bittersweet. We have candle shows two weekends in a row, Lois spent weeks pouring candles for the show and almost sold out, so she is back at work for this weekend. She would be giddy with joy if she sold out again. I hope she does. When she pours the […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | September 1, 2021 | Inevitable Injuries
The First Day of “Fall” Today was a well-mannered September 1st. It was clear and cool the way it should be on the first day of school. In Wisconsin today was the first day of school. Here in Michigan it was not, but it should have been. I started the day with a thirty-minute walk […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | August 26, 2021 | God’s Way to True Prosperity
We are in the beautiful denouement of summer now out on Bittersweet Farm and in these parts. The warmth will soon yield to cooler days and we will need to get our flannel shirts back out. I look forward to that. Around here students went back to school already so they are closing the ice […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 23, 2021 | Camp Patmos
I always tell young people God did not give us a spirit of adventure just to climb mountains, ride roller-coasters and bungee jump off bridges. He gave us a spirit of adventure to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Last week I spent the week preaching on an island! How cool is […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 15, 2021 | On Hearing a Plane in the Night
The sun set with a beautiful afterglow out on Bittersweet tonight. It was my day off. Other than a few phone calls and working on some details for a wedding this weekend, it was a day of puttering around the place, organizing things, laundry, and other projects. Last night I enjoyed a ride on Brutus, […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 8, 2021 | The Last Two Chapters
It’s Sunday evening now, the sixth of June. It’s been a beautiful day. The sun is low in the sky nearing the golden hour. It is casting its slanting beams across the rich green grass in the yard below my window. We call our home Bittersweet Farm, but we really don’t grow any crops or […]