Re-post from last Thanksgiving… Our first-born was here for Thanksgiving Eve. I gave him the pulpit. He brought a brief Thanksgiving message. It was a meaningful message–worth a listen. You can hear it right here: https://kenpierpont.com/evaudio/20091125_Kyle_Pierpont_God_Is_Very_Good.mp3
Daily Reports
Re-posted from 2005 photo by Peter Kroon Paul Jordan has an interesting habit. Paul is one of the most effective and valuable members of our staff. He is our information technology guy. Every day he sends me an e-mail synopsis of what he has done. I’m grateful for the e-mail but I usually understand very […]
Pine Street Parsonage Revisited at Thanksgivng
At Thanksgiving in 1998 we lived in Fremont, Michigan. I sat down one evening a keyed in a few of my thoughts. I never published them. It was interesting to read them now, twelve years–twelve years later. Here they are in case you are interested: Things are peaceful around the parsonage these days. We fill […]
From Glowing Ember to Roaring Flame
A Birthday Letter In northwestern Ohio, on a blustery autumn evening in 1981, we were a young couple getting ready for bed about eleven at night. We would not sleep that night. Pain would force us to dress and drive through the night to Coldwater to the hospital. Through the night your mother would labor […]
Sunset on Summer
Here are a couple of related re-posts that I think you will like, especially those of you who are experiencing the nest emptying out. If you are a young parent you might want to take a quiet moment and listen to this story or read it. Here is the title story from my book Sunset […]
A Kneeling Father
As evening softly fell we stood on the back porch of Kyle and Elizabeth’s little cottage in the dunes trying to make ourselves leave. Kyle went inside and came out with a small box. It was gift for me.