When Hope was about seven I recorded her singing a little Christmas greeting. I like to re-post it at Christmas. We mean it every year. Merry Christmas https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/hopeamericachristmasgreeting.mp3 Or download this mp3 Merry Christmas
A Scowling Witness at Christmastime
Corner of Eureka and Telegraph. Last Saturday before Christmas. Shoppers bustling. Festive excitement in the air. Busy sidewalks. Heavy traffic. Starbucks is selling Ginger Bread Lattes, Egg Nog Coffees and Peppermint Mochas. There’s line wrapping around the Holiday Ham Store. Shoppers are rushing about in mittens and scarves with their treasures. It’s cold. A man […]
The Christmas Squeeze
Christmas pressures have a way of bringing out the real you. Have you noticed? I’m at the mall Christmas shopping. I’m waiting at the curb. A car pulls up. A dear, sweet, old, grandmother-type opens the door and gets out. Her husband is dropping her off so she won’t have to walk far. What happens […]
Tim Tebow
Our daughter Holly started a Facebook page for Christian girls who admire Tim Tebow. She has lived all her life in Michigan and Ohio and has become, first a Florida fan and now a Denver fan. What meaneth this? Read on: Deep in my genetic make-up is a strand of loyalty to The Ohio State […]
Post-Christmas Emotional Inventory
It is the 28th of December and I’ve just stepped into my study. I’m hanging my new 2012 calendars today, but my heart is tender when my eye falls on the page that was December. Never before have I had such sweet sadness after Christmas. Maybe it’s that a couple of our children now live […]
The Windward Shore-Jerry Dennis
Christmas Day my daughter Hannah added a treasure to my library. Jerry Dennis has written another wonderful new book. This one is about the Great Lakes in winter. It is called “The Windward Shore.” Jerry is a skilled writer who lives in Northern Michigan. If you love good writing and nature and Michigan you will […]