Sigurd Olson was a nature writer. For inspiration he would visit his cabin on a place he called Listening Point. All his books were written in a converted garage he called the writing shack. His last written words are still typed on a sheet of paper rolled into his old typewriter: “A new adventure is […]
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 90) Coles Pond | Walden, Vermont
On Bittersweet Farm we have a grove of walnut trees, over twenty of them. They are majestic trees that provide a rich canopy of green. They have been around a long time. If they could talk I would listen. They could tell me the history of this “Place on the Earth.” The walnut grove divides […]
Don’t Curse the Darkness, Be A Light (Sermon) Video
Series: Turning the Bethel Wheel (Insights from Philippians on Following Jesus and Helping Others Follow Jesus) Title: Don’t Curse the Darkness, Be A Light (Philippians 2:12-18) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan August 2, 2020 AM Lead Pastor Ken Pierpont
Routes and Routines; Stories from Bittersweet Podcast
We all have routes and routines that can be mundane or even monotonous to us. If you are wise you will try to see them as you will see them years from now. I used to take my daughter to cosmetology school every day on the way to work. Today I would gladly pay money […]
Who Wants to Be Like Jesus Today? (Sermon) Video
Series: Turning the Bethel Wheel Title: Who Wants to Be Like Jesus? Philippians 2:1-11 Bethel Church–Jackson, Michigan July 26, 2020 AM Ken Pierpont-Lead Pastor
Rambling to Inspire (Podcast)
? Here is the latest of my Stories from Bittersweet Farm Podcast. This one is a bit rambling but in it I have shared some ideas that I think will encourage you during these times when so many are hopeless. I noticed this sign on the waterfront last week when I was at Camp […]





