Out on Bittersweet Farm we are waiting for Christmas on tiptoes. Some of the family will be with us on Christmas Day a week from tomorrow. There is a dusting of snow on the ground and the sun is shining out over the south woods into the window over my right shoulder. At Bethel there […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 69) Wesley’s Snow Globe
The News From Out On Bittersweet Since last we wrote George, the Red Jeep and Hope’s beetle, Petunia have gone to good homes. Petunia now belongs to a college student in Bowling Green. George now lives over toward Brooklyn. I still have faithful Grenfell and Hope has a new Jeep Wrangler, which does not yet […]
Christmas Message-Chuk Pierpont
A couple weeks ago our son Chuk preached a beautiful Christmas message at his church. I thought you might like to hear it. It’s pretty strait-forward. I hope it helps you and encourages you. https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PM-12-9-18-Pastor-Chuk.mp3 The picture above of Chuk was taken in front of the Starbucks in Jackson, Michigan on Thanksgiving many years ago. […]
Bethel Church (Some Christmas Videos-2017)
When I was at Moody Grad School Dr. Harold Westing visited and taught. He had written a book called “Create and Celebrate Your Church’s Uniqueness.” God lead Lois and I to serve the Bethel Church in Jackson, Michigan. I have never had a more profound sense of God’s direction… and quickly we discovered the wonderful […]
Christmas Eve Message at Bethel Church 2017
Longing for Home at Christmas https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Christmas-Eve-Candlelight.mp3
Christmas is a Time for Joy (Advent Series #3)
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Christmas Trip
-Carols on the radio and the family sings along -Laughter -MacDonald’s coffee steaming in the cup holder -Colored lights in the growing darkness -Soft talking between your parents in the front seat -They tell you it’s much longer than it probably is -You fall asleep to the sound of weather and carols on the crackling […]
Christmas Love
Fred’s dad was a troubled man. Because of his alcoholism the family lived in poverty. It would be easy to allow someone to be defined by their worst quality, but it would be a mistake. Here is a tought-provoking story I read in Fred’s biography: Perhaps my best Christmas was the one that seemed the […]
Hope is Alive
Jeswin Thomas Hope is alive in the world tonight It’s Christmas time again. The bell tower rings The organ sings And hope takes wings It’s Christmas time again. Hope is alive in the world tonight It’s Christmas time again. The home-fires glow Joys overflow And hope can grow It’s Christmas time again. Hope is alive […]
Christmas in the “Forest”
Last weekend here in Michigan the sky was clear and the temperatures were almost balmy. The neighborhood around Granville Cottage is called the Forest of Riverview because when they developed the subdivision they built the homes among the mature trees. Our small lot has over nine trees. All the streets are tree-lined. So Saturday and […]