I love my children deeply but there are times when I feel an emotional or spiritual distance like they are drifting a little out of reach. Sometimes one or both of us are distracted or busy. The distance may be the result of my own selfishness or irritability or hurt that steams from anger. Sometimes […]
When I Met Lois…
The Story of How Lois and I Met 44 years ago on Friday night, September 8, 1978 I went par-3 golfing with a friend Jeff Tokar. After our round of golf we were hungry so we stopped at a little pizza place across the street from the college we attended. They sold cheap and tasty […]
Camp Fairwood Family Camp Notes | Sept. 2-5, 2022
This weekend will be mostly Bible teaching on Four Ways to Build Better Relationships. Love (2 Cor. 12:15 NKJV) Honor (1 Peter 2:17) Humility (Proverbs 28:13) Mercy (Matthew 18:21-22; Eph. 4:30-32) What we do when we gather in the barn will be part Bible teaching, part practical seminar-like instruction, part story-telling, and personal testimony. I’ve […]
The Pierpont Sisters 2008 and Today
Our daughters Holly, Heidi, Hannah, and Hope travelled into the mountains of eastern Kentucky in June of 2008 to sing and testify. It was their only tour. Deep in the mountains and a few weeks into their tour they happened on a mountain TV station where they recorded this song. Each of the girls would […]
42 Years Ago Today…
At 13 years old Lois walked down the aisle of the Southside Baptist Tabernacle in the West Willow subdivision in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and became a follower of Jesus. 42 years ago today on a grey autumn day she walked down the same aisle and vowed to spend the rest of her life as my wife. […]