Our Empty Nest Bittersweet Farm is what is often called “An Empty Nest.” Lois and I live here quietly alone after forty years of raising children, which was wonderful but rarely quiet. We miss the noise and the messes and the blessed chaos of it all. We miss the boys skateboarding in the […]
Pay Attention (2 Peter 1:16-21) Audio
Pay Attention (2 Peter 1:16-21) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor March 6, 2022 AM
Pay Attention (2 Peter 1:16-21) Video
Pay Attention (2 Peter 1:16-21) Bethel Church | Jackson, Michigan Ken Pierpont, Lead Pastor March 6, 2022 AM
Turn to the End
When I am troubled by appalling world events, or painful personal pressures, or nameless anxieties, I sometimes sit down, take my Bible, turn to the end and remind myself how everything is going to end. And the end is the Great Beginning of a New Heaven and a New Earth and a New City where […]
See Ya’ Sunday | February 2022
Sometimes you hear people say, “Leave your troubles at home and come to church.” I’m not sure that is the best way to look at it. I might say, “I know you have troubles, bring them to church with you. Jesus is bigger than your troubles.” My mother used to tell me, “God is bigger […]
Maybe We Should Hit the “Reset Button” on Church
Maybe We Should Hit The “Reset Button” on Church. I’ve been thinking about church and homes that honor God and produce children who love God and follow God. In our home growing up Saturdays were pretty utilitarian. Dad was a pastor and a school teacher most of the time so we had things to get […]
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