Imagine a little boy at the county fair. He’s gets on the airplane ride. They fasten his seatbelt. He has a sober look on his face. He’s flying the airplane. The ride begins. His little plane goes in circles. His parents and grandparents are shouting and waving as he goes by as if he is Charles Lindberg leaving to cross the Atlantic by air for the first time.
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Kyle, Kyle and Oliver
I remember Kyle (Dad Kyle in this picture) holding his little sister, Holly in this every hospital twenty five years ago. It was about April 15, 1984. (Holly was born April 14th).
Difficult Labor Situations
Yesterday I continued my series of messages on the life of Jacob, Jacob: An Adventure with God. The purpose of the series is to show that the blessing of God is more powerful than any opposition, enemy, difficulty, personal failure, family trouble, or liability. The life of Jacob proves it. Jacob was under the Abrahamic Covenant, we are under the New Covenant in Christ, which is even greater. I hope the message is helpdful to you. https://kenpierpont.com/evaudio/20090322_Ken_Pierpont_The_Sanctification_of_Labor.mp3
At the end of the message the Pierpont sisters sang a song called You’re Still God. I don’t have a recording of them singing the song so you should look up the McKamey’s on YouTube and listen to them sing it.
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The Sanctification of Labor
11:00 AM
Ken Pierpont
Series: JACOB: An Adventure with God; Genesis 30:25 – 31:16
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Broccoli Anyone?
Here is an interesting e-mail that came in today from a local church email group. I thought it was humorous.
I’ve been given 2-3 boxes of broccoli crowns. Each box is about 24″x18″x14″. Sadly, they were left outside last night by the family that is giving them to me, and they froze. That means the texture will be off- it won’t be really crisp, but a little rubbery. I’ve put up one box, but now my freezer is full. To freeze it, you’ll need to blanch it about 1-3 minutes, cut the florets off, and put it in a ziplock bag. Anybody like a box?
I know we may be in for some hard times and I may live to regret saying this, but about three blocks from here you can get a cheesy double beef burrito for less than a dollar and you don’t even have to get out of your car. You don’t have to cut anything off. You don’t have to freeze anything. You don’t have to blanch or time or worry about texture. You just unwrap it and it jumps in your mouth. You can buy chili for 49 cents all this month right around the corner at Wendy’s. Ceasar’s in Trenton has pizzas for five bucks and they are good stuff. As long as cheesy double beef burritos are so cheap and so easy to aquire, why would anyone go to so much trouble over broccoli crowns?
Don’t take me seriously. I didn’t really mean it. I know broccoli is good for you. I know cheesy double beef burritos are a really bad habit. I know it’s virtuous to grow vegetables and eat raw things and eschew fast food and distain fat, and gnaw on roots and such.
If things get any tighter more and more of us are going to have to learn how to rescue rubbery broccoli crowns, grow and raise our food, and barter with our neighbors for what we need. I guess that wouldn’t be all bad. Maybe then we will know their names and be their friends instead of just being people who pass each other on the way out for pizza.
If you are the enterprising lady who rescued the broccoli crowns and went to the trouble of measuring the boxes and offering them online, complete with preparation instructions, don’t be offended with me. I admire you. I just saw a little humor in it and took the liberty of a laugh at your expense.
Ken Pierpont
Granville Cottage
Riverview, Michigan
March 19, 2009
Patrick the Missionary
Here is an interesting article to help you celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. Check out Kyle’s links, too. Here is a cluster of helpful links on the subject.
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