The Walnut trees (and there are many of them) are bare of leaves. The Maples on Bittersweet Farm and in the forest across the road are bright yellow in the rain this weekend. Within a week we will turn from October to November and they will be bare too. It’s always hard for me to […]
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 […]
Seven Things to Do When You Hit Bottom (Sermon) Audio
Series: The Jonah Series Message: Seven Things to Do When You Hit Bottom (Jonah 2) Bethel Church–Jackson, Michigan Lead Pastor, Ken Pierpont October 21, 2018 AM https://kenpierpont.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/10-21-18.mp3
Bittersweet Farm Journal (Number 15) Be A Happy Person
Be A Happy Person by Ken Pierpont Sometimes life is just hard. Our natural response when things are hard is to murmur and complain, to become solemn and go through life with a wrinkled forehead. We complain that there are children’s bikes in the driveway instead of rejoicing that there are children. We murmur about […]
Seven Things to Do When You Hit Bottom (Sermon) Video
Series: The Jonah Series Message: Seven Things to Do When You Hit Bottom (Jonah 2) Bethel Church–Jackson, Michigan Lead Pastor, Ken Pierpont October 21, 2018 AM
A Passing Courtesy
Yesterday we laid to rest one of Bethel’s beloved, long-time members. He was a retired educator, named Dave Collins. It was a beautiful autumn day the the funeral procession took the back way to Spring Arbor for the burial. The long procession passed beneath arches of trees yielding their leaves to a gentle wind. The […]
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