When I was a boy it seemed that the adult men that I was around spoke in secret code that I couldn’t fully understand. It was like I was listening to someone speak in a foreign language. I understood only bits and pieces here and there. Mostly I was left with a with a large […]
On Eating an Apple
He worked hard but when he arrived home it would still be a few hours before sunset. He got an apple and his pocket knife and sat on the edge of the porch in the sun. The simple pleasures of the warm sun on his head and the sweet taste of the apple took him […]
Candy Bars for Grown-Ups
Someone locked the door to Hope’s bedroom. No one could find the key. All the windows were locked. There was no way in. There is a cold air return that opens into her room. Finally we came up with a plan. We took the grates off the cold air return and called our little four-year-old […]
Christmas Message-Chuk Pierpont
A couple weeks ago our son Chuk preached a beautiful Christmas message at his church. I thought you might like to hear it. It’s pretty strait-forward. I hope it helps you and encourages you. https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PM-12-9-18-Pastor-Chuk.mp3 The picture above of Chuk was taken in front of the Starbucks in Jackson, Michigan on Thanksgiving many years ago. […]
Home Before Dark
The other evening I was clearing away a few leaves and Lois was puttering around the outside of the house. It was a lingering fall evening–the kind that gives you the sense that they are short and few and will soon be gone. She lit some candles on the porch and in the house. My […]
Sitting in Church
During a difficult childbirth Lois’s mother Allene had a vision that comforted her. She said in her vision she could see Lois sitting in church. Thus was prophetic. At 13 Lois became a follower of Jesus and was baptized at a small Baptist church with a southern flavor in her neighborhood in Ypsilanti, Michigan in […]