I read this story this evening from pastor John Van Pay. He is the pastor and founder of Gateway Christian Fellowship in San Antonio, Texas. It broke my heart and stirred my soul… “I met Val when we were both picking up our daughters from school and discovered we had common ground in a love […]
5. The King’s Declaration of Dependance Upon God. (Daniel. 4:1-37) Video
5. The King’s Declaration of Dependance Upon God. (Daniel 4:1-37) Video Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan July 3, 2022 AM Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor
Serenipity
My friend Neil Veydt stops into my study today fresh with the definition of serendipity on his tongue, a word which I assumed to mean a concurrence of one or more good things at the same time. I was close… Neal taught me (and Siri verified it) serendipity is: “The occurrence and development of events […]
4. But If Not (Daniel 3) Video
4. But If Not (Daniel 3) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor June 24, 2022 AM
Your Local Church is More Powerful Than You Think
A letter to Bethel Church (June 2022) Your Local Church is More Powerful Than You Think. You may not realize it, but your greatest longing is for God—for the glory and the grandeur of God to dawn on your soul. God has designed the assembly for this very purpose. God’s Glory in Creation. There is […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 13, 2022 | A Woman’s Touch
[Sunday June 12, 2022] I’m not sure I can adequately describe it, but there was a quiet sweetness of spirit in the building today at Bethel Church. Bethel Church is a place/a people devoted to love, to the word of the living God, and to worship. We have covenanted together to be kind and loving […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | June 6, 2022 | Hold the High Ground
[Sunday Evening, June 5, 2022] I’m sitting by the open window. The night is cool and the room is dark except for the small light on my desk and the glow of the monitor. The sun set on a perfect Lord’s Day an hour ago. Hope and Tim came to Bethel and shared diner with […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | May 26, 2022 | Thoughts and Prayers
A storm passed through this afternoon and when it cleared the evening was fresh all around out on Bittersweet. I should have taken a long walk but I delayed, the sun set, night fell and I missed my opportunity. Maybe I’ll walk in the morning. It’s peaceful here tonight, but it’s been a hard week. […]
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Bittersweet Farm Journal | May 9, 2022
Mother’s Day Tribute to Lois 2021. See this tribe–see the woman in the middle with the black dress and the pretty white hair? She is the mother of four sons and four daughters, grandmother to a growing group that will soon number seventeen grandchildren. On Sunday morning for many, many years, I got up, showered, got […]