Bittersweet Farm

Bittersweet Farm

Kevin’s Take on Good Books

Filed Under: Current Thoughts, Faith and Family, What I'm Reading

People who visit my study or hear my preaching or read my stories know that I love books. They often ask for book recommendations. Sometimes I give them. This morning I thought you might like to see a section of my little brother Kevin’s website where he recommends some sound books.

My brother pastors in beautiful Higgins Lake. He and his wife Carolyn have a delightful family. When I visit them I am reminded of all the good things about a large family. They read to their children each day around the breakfast table.

Ford 8N

Filed Under: Current Thoughts, Licking County Farm

I never see one of these without thinking of the Farm. Grandpa had an old Ford-Ferguson and, for the last few years, a nice 8N or 9N very, very much like the one in this picture. He was proud of it and always wanted to have implements for it. He wanted a front-end loader, but never got one.

Among other things, this summer, I’m working hard on polishing up my manuscript for a book I have been calling Licking County Farm. It is a collection of stories about family faith and heritage based on the farm my grandfather and grandmother Pierpont owned from a few years before I was born to about the time I went away to college–just a season–just a “few days”… but what a memory it is. I have stories to tell.

Keep your eye on this site and I will let you know how you can get a copy of Licking County Farm or For a Few Days; Stories of Faith and Heritage From a Small Farm.

A Poignant Reminder

Filed Under: Current Thoughts, Faith and Family

This evening Wes was cleaning the garage and getting some boxes ready for the Goodwill. I noticed this shirt and immediately got misty-eyed. It belonged to our Heidi Grace–Now Heidi Hancock. It was her favorite sweatshirt. It was pretty with her blue eyes and blonde hair. I rescued it and saved it for Hope America. It’s just her size. It will warm her on cold Michigan nights like it did her sister Heidi when she was smaller. And it will remind me that my time with her at home will be gone very fast.

Loaves and Fishes

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

I recently noticed that I had been published in the magazine Loves and Fishes. Loaves and Fishes is a free magazine for prisoners. I’m grateful to tell the story there of Pastor Chen.

I first heard the story in the chapel service of Mount Vernon Nazarene College in the nineties. I did some research and allowed the magazine to use the story. You can read it here.

What it Means to Be A Man

Filed Under: Past Ministry, Sermons

Message: What it Means to Be a Man
Text: Selected Scriptures
Date: Father’s Day 2008 (June 15, 2008)
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michgian
Speaker: Pastor Ken Pierpont

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What it Means to Be A Man
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Sam Judd

Filed Under: Current Thoughts

It’s common to hear people complain about the lack of young men who have resolved to live for God. There is not a day of my life that passes that I am not grieved by the same. That’s why it is a special delight to be able to introduce you to Sam Judd and his music.

I’ve always admired people who can stand to their feet and with a simple guitar and their voice hold the attention, capture the imagination, and access the hearts of people for an evening.

Sam can blend storytelling and music to do just that. He’s a creative young man and he is the real deal. He has an obvious love for God and people and a humble sincerity about him. We first met when Sam was travelling with Michael Card. You can tell he has been profoundly influenced by that time. His lastest recording was done at Michael Card’s Mole End Studio.

I invited Sam to sing at Evangel. It was a beautiful, memorable evening of stories and songs. Our people loved his music and his stories. Sam is from Kentucky and lives just a couple mountains away from where my wife Lois was born. He serves with Kentucky Mountain Mission.

Today I received Sam’s new recording Holy is He. It is a delightful collection of fully-instrumented acoustic music and creative lyrics.

You can “friend” Sam on Facebook here.

You can check out the new recording here at Sam Judd’s web site. You will recognize some very well-known, godly, gifted musicians that have joined Sam on Holy is He.

When you invite Sam to your church remind him to bring some Ale-8 along with him. He has to go through Winchester to get anywhere.

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