To mistreat someone simply because of the color of their skin or where in the world they were born or their national heritage is folly and sin. To look down on others simply because we are different is ignorance at best. This morning we had to navigate an unfamiliar airport terminal. We had a number […]
Spiritual Coyotes (2 Peter 2:10-22) Audio
Spiritual Coyotes (2 Peter 2:10-22) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan March 20, 2022 AM Ken Pierpont | Lead Pastor
I See What You Did There
My dad is going to be 88 in May. He has a curious habit that surfaces twice a year. In the spring and in the fall he makes a special effort to be sure he tells all of us to remember to fall back or spring forward. He never, ever misses a single time-change. In […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal | March 7, 2022 | Eight Things That Happen When We Listen Well
Our Empty Nest Bittersweet Farm is what is often called “An Empty Nest.” Lois and I live here quietly alone after forty years of raising children, which was wonderful but rarely quiet. We miss the noise and the messes and the blessed chaos of it all. We miss the boys skateboarding in the […]
Turn to the End
When I am troubled by appalling world events, or painful personal pressures, or nameless anxieties, I sometimes sit down, take my Bible, turn to the end and remind myself how everything is going to end. And the end is the Great Beginning of a New Heaven and a New Earth and a New City where […]
See Ya’ Sunday | February 2022
Sometimes you hear people say, “Leave your troubles at home and come to church.” I’m not sure that is the best way to look at it. I might say, “I know you have troubles, bring them to church with you. Jesus is bigger than your troubles.” My mother used to tell me, “God is bigger […]