Stories from Bittersweet Farm

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Brew some coffee and get comfortable. These are warm-hearted stories by Ken Pierpont to inspire and encourage from his home on Bittersweet Farm in Michigan.

Episode Date
A Practicing Witch
Apr 08, 2024
Ernest Hemingway
Apr 01, 2024
Ruined by the Mormons
Mar 25, 2024
The Badge
Mar 18, 2024
Misty Snow at Dusk
Mar 11, 2024
Beautiful Things in Ugly Places
Mar 04, 2024
Beautiful Places
Feb 26, 2024
Holy Ground
Feb 19, 2024
Unhindered
Feb 12, 2024
Winter Mercies
Feb 05, 2024
Winter Birds and Summer Birds
Jan 29, 2024
Great Possessions
Jan 22, 2024
My Cherry Log Church
Jan 19, 2024
For A Few Days | Chapter 33 | When Everything is Gone
Nov 30, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 32 | Among My Books
Nov 28, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 31 | Green Duster
Nov 23, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 30 | Blanket-Lined Waamus
Nov 20, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 29 | Unto Children's Children
Nov 18, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 28 | Rural USA
Aug 29, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 27 | Getting In For Christmas
Aug 28, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 26 | Carsickness Forgotten
Aug 27, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 25 | A Talk With Uncle Arthur
Aug 26, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 24 | The Last Egg
Aug 23, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 23 | No. 4 Birdshot
Aug 22, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 22 | Real Tomatoes
Aug 21, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 21 | Dolly and Skippy
Aug 20, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 20 | Meeting God in a Cornfield
Aug 19, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 19 | Harvest Moon
Aug 18, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 18 | Help With the Harvest
Aug 17, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 17 | Heart Food
Aug 16, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 16 | A Thousand Sacred Sweets
Aug 15, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 15 | Bus Ride Home
Aug 14, 2023
A Surprising Shepherd Story
Aug 10, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 14 | Pop the Clutch
Aug 02, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 13 | Ugly Weeds
Jul 22, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 12 | A Surprise In The Driveway
Jul 22, 2023
The Tale of the Lazy Neighbor
Jul 01, 2023
The End of the Parade
Jun 30, 2023
Mowing and Praying
Jun 28, 2023
Impossible to Ignore
Jun 26, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 11 | God of the Fallen Sparrow
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 10 | Building Materials
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 9 | Truth Seed and Heart Soil
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 8 | One More Cast
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 7 | Orville Pierpont
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 6 | The Ignorance of Ignoring Warnings
Jun 24, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 5 | Statute of Limitations on Youthful Folly
Jun 24, 2023
Doctor Dave and the Dangerous Encounter
Jun 24, 2023
Up On Sheer Lake at Camp Barakel
Jun 22, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 4 | Thinking and Feeling
May 12, 2023
Cornhole
May 05, 2023
Opportunities in Disguise
Apr 23, 2023
Keep Yourself in the Love of God
Apr 23, 2023
Melvin
Apr 23, 2023
Old Folk in Love
Apr 23, 2023
Peanut Butter for Lunch
Apr 20, 2023
On The Swing With Rudy
Apr 20, 2023
A Little More Time and A Few More Showers
Apr 20, 2023
Mosquitoes
Apr 20, 2023
Lilacs in Spring
Apr 20, 2023
Machete Man
Apr 20, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 3 | Of Trees and Truthfulness
Apr 20, 2023
Bonus Episode | A Story From My Brother Nathan
Apr 07, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 2 | The Place I Came to Love Stories
Apr 01, 2023
For A Few Days | Chapter 1 | Sweeter When Shared
Mar 23, 2023
Introduction | For A Few Days. Stories of A Season of Life on A Family Farm
Mar 20, 2023
Prologue | For A Few Days. Stories of A Season of Life on A Family Farm
Mar 20, 2023
Couch Potatoes and Crabby Britches
Mar 20, 2023
Cold Spring on the River
Mar 19, 2023
Wheel of Fortune
Mar 19, 2023
Memories You'd Like to Forget
Mar 19, 2023
Not Here. Not Now.
Mar 18, 2023
They Must Have Prayed
Mar 18, 2023
Long Blonde Hair and a '48 Chevy
Jan 23, 2023
Mild January
Jan 14, 2023
How God Used Billy Graham in My Life
Jan 13, 2023
Snake Encounter Advice
Jan 02, 2023
Under the Shoot
Dec 05, 2022
Winter Walks
Nov 19, 2022
He Planned to End His Life
Nov 07, 2022
We Did It!
Oct 31, 2022
A Personal Up-Date | End of October 2022
Oct 31, 2022
That Can Only Mean One Thing
Oct 31, 2022
The Stories, Events, Accounts of Daniel the Prophet
Jul 28, 2022
We Stood Upon Stars — Roger W. Thompson
Jul 27, 2022
I’m Still A Believer
Jul 14, 2022
Stella McVey
Jul 14, 2022
Skateboards and Explosives
Jul 14, 2022
Bad Tradition
Jul 14, 2022
Prayer At The End Of A Hard Day
Jul 14, 2022
Perishing—Who Cares
Jul 14, 2022
An Unopened Gift
Jul 14, 2022
Story From A Jewish Deli
Jul 14, 2022
A Daniel Story
Jul 14, 2022
Introducing Vance Havner
Jun 09, 2022
ADHD and Me
Jun 06, 2022
I Injured Him With My Hat
Apr 08, 2022
Locked Out in the Cold
Mar 26, 2022
Cold Rain and Why You Don’t “Have.”
Nov 18, 2021
In the Growing Darkness
Oct 15, 2021
Fernando Ortega's Bird Book and Other Stuff
Sep 04, 2021
Sunset on Summer | Chapter 59 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Take in the View | Chapter 58 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
A Gentle Place to Fall | Chapter 57 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Long Ago and Far Away Thoughts | Chapter 56 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Top-Heavy | Chapter 55 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Gummy Bear Attack | Chapter 54 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Longing for the Blessing | Chapter 53 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Attention, Please! | Chapter 52 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Catastrophe in the Bathroom | Chapter 51 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Talking in the Night | Chapter 50 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Thick or Thin | Chapter 49 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Keeping the Picture in Focus | Chapter 48 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Freddie, Who Was Dumb | Chapter 47 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Opportunities in Disguise | Chapter 46 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
At the End of the Parade | Chapter 45 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
When Life Hurts | Chapter 44 | Sunset on Summer
Aug 20, 2021
Summer Report 2021/Too Good to be True
Aug 20, 2021
The Power of a Consecrated Life
Jul 21, 2021
7-11 And the Goodness of God
Jul 15, 2021
Mercy | Chapter 43 | Sunset on Summer
Jul 03, 2021
An Adventure and A Snake
Jun 29, 2021
My Youthful Folly | Chapter 42 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 29, 2021
My First Ball Glove | Chapter 41 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 28, 2021
Running When Your Father Calls | Chapter 40 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 17, 2021
Trail Hike | Chapter 39 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 15, 2021
Batting A String | Chapter 38 | Sunset On Summer
Jun 14, 2021
Just In Time | Chapter 37 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 12, 2021
I'm Tough, I'm Tough | Chapter 36 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 11, 2021
The Father's All-Seeing Eye | Chapter 35 | Sunset on Summer
Jun 10, 2021
The Power of a Good Idea
Jun 09, 2021
My Blue Sport Coat | Chapter 34 | Sunset on Summer
May 26, 2021
In Case You Forget | Chapter 35 | Sunset on Summer
May 24, 2021
The Love People Crave | Chapter 32 | Sunset on Summer
May 23, 2021
Help With Big Decisions | Chapter 31 | Sunset on Summer
May 21, 2021
Jesse and Holly's Story
May 21, 2021
Like Willows By the Water | Chapter 30 | Sunset on Summer
May 18, 2021
Cutaway | Chapter 29 | Sunset on Summer
May 16, 2021
A Tribute to My Dad | Chapter 26 | Sunset on Summer
May 15, 2021
The Hand on My Shoulder | Chapter 25 | Sunset on Summer
May 14, 2021
Logansville, Ohio | Chapter 24 | Sunset on Summer
May 13, 2021
Creative Parenting | Chapter 23 | Sunset on Summer
May 12, 2021
Parshallville Mill | Chapter 22 | Sunset on Summer
May 11, 2021
Around the Table | Chapter 21 | Sunset on Summer
May 10, 2021
Lunch Hour in Utica | Chapter 28 | Sunset on Summer
May 09, 2021
Mother | Chapter 27 | Sunset on Summer
May 08, 2021
Mountaintop and Marketplace | Chapter 20 | Sunset on Summer
May 07, 2021
What Was Your Favorite Job Ever?
May 03, 2021
Regular Maintenance | Chapter 19 | Sunset on Summer
May 02, 2021
Tourist Attraction | Chapter 18 | Sunset on Summer
May 02, 2021
Red Dot Days | Chapter 17 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 29, 2021
The Lost Art of Skipping | Chapter 16 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 28, 2021
Vanishing Arts | Chapter 15 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 28, 2021
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day | Chapter 14 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 26, 2021
Heidi's Swing | Chapter 13 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 24, 2021
A Cold Spring on the Pine River
Apr 24, 2021
The Firefly Effect | Chapter 12 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 08, 2021
Moon Walks | Chapter 11 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 07, 2021
Loudenville Street Fair | Chapter 10 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 06, 2021
Yoder, the Amish Beagle | Chapter 9 | Sunset on Summer
Apr 05, 2021
Taking A Walk | Chapter 8 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 27, 2021
Trouble on the Kokosing Gap Trail | Chapter 7 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 26, 2021
My Baptism in Orange Pop | Chapter 6 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 24, 2021
The Best Place to Do Theology | Chapter 5 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 23, 2021
Empty Porches | Chapter 4 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 22, 2021
Roadkill | Chapter 3 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 18, 2021
The Father's Voice | Chapter 2 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 18, 2021
A Wrinkle in My Hood | Chapter 1 | Sunset on Summer
Mar 16, 2021
Introduction | Sunset of Summer-Simple Stories of Faith and Family
Mar 15, 2021
From the Loft
Mar 10, 2021
Hard Times Can Be Good Times
Mar 09, 2021
Helping Little Children Decode the Mysteries of Life
Mar 08, 2021
Someone is Praying for You
Mar 06, 2021
Divine Timing
Mar 05, 2021
Thoughts on Eating An Apple
Mar 04, 2021
My Old Green Desk
Mar 03, 2021
I Should Be More Like Hazzy
Mar 02, 2021
Banana Bread for You
Mar 01, 2021
Andy Stanley Scandal
Feb 28, 2021
Contagious Moods
Feb 27, 2021
What Are You Looking For?
Feb 26, 2021
Satan Has Victims But Jesus is Victor
Feb 25, 2021
From the Long-Legged House
Feb 24, 2021
Good Smells
Feb 23, 2021
What to Do When You Get Hit By a Bus
Feb 22, 2021
By the Fire at Cracker Barrel
Feb 21, 2021
Thinking About A Chickadee
Feb 20, 2021
Wrestling Poverty in the Cold
Feb 19, 2021
Winter Weariness
Feb 18, 2021
Winter Mercies
Feb 17, 2021
How to Get A New Mailbox
Feb 17, 2021
The House With The Golden Windows
Oct 21, 2020
What About the Duck?
Oct 10, 2020
Duct Cleaners
Oct 07, 2020
Dead Stick
Oct 06, 2020
Golden October
Oct 05, 2020
National Storytelling Festival
Sep 18, 2020
44 Years Ago Today
Aug 10, 2020
What I Didn’t Know Then
Aug 07, 2020
Routes and Routines
Jul 31, 2020
Rambling to Inspire
Jul 25, 2020
Purple Wildflowers
Jul 23, 2020
The Summer of ‘68
Jun 10, 2020
What Are Deacons For?
May 13, 2020
An Old Fiddler and A Chair
May 13, 2020
A Quiet Place
Apr 28, 2020
What Dorothy Hall Taught Me
Apr 24, 2020
Larry Whiteford's Orange Honda
Apr 18, 2020
Old Pastor Tips
Apr 17, 2020
A Song Story
Apr 16, 2020
Hard Times Make Good Telling
Apr 08, 2020
When You Don't Know the Way Home
Apr 03, 2020
Rude People
Mar 24, 2020
We Should Have Made Coffee
Mar 20, 2020
Red Jacket and Red Flannel
Mar 19, 2020
Unusual Noises
Mar 18, 2020
Night Meditations
Mar 07, 2020
What Jack Daniels Can Never Do For You
Mar 03, 2020
Enjoy Now. It Will Never Happen Again.
Feb 21, 2020
Ask the Dear Lord
Feb 11, 2020
Grandma Baker and Grandma McBride
Feb 10, 2020
I Am Happy in the Service of the King
Feb 02, 2020
A Sweet and Simple Command
Jan 30, 2020
PS in Mexico
Jan 29, 2020
Homemade Pie
Jan 28, 2020
Crystal Flash
Jan 20, 2020
A Business of My Own
Jan 18, 2020
Radio On-Demand
Jan 17, 2020
The Hard Work of Being A Pastor
Jan 15, 2020
What Does it Take to Make You Happy?
Jan 15, 2020
Grown-up Candy Bars
Jan 14, 2020
The Furnace Room
Jan 11, 2020
Popular People
Aug 16, 2019
The Sacred Rhythm
Aug 09, 2019
God is Still Providing
Jun 07, 2019
Evening Porch
May 24, 2019
The Worst Thing That Can Happen To You
Mar 15, 2019
Shepherd’s Pie
Mar 11, 2019
Nip it in the Bud
Mar 08, 2019
You Are Not Alone
Dec 19, 2018
What I Learned From Mamaw Banks
Dec 11, 2018
A Winter Visit to Gearhart, Oregon
Dec 06, 2018
What Makes Christmas Christmas?
Nov 28, 2018
Snow is Coming. What’s the News?
Nov 25, 2018
The Baptists and the Methodists
Nov 23, 2018
A Smiling Providence.
Nov 22, 2018
A Warm Thanksgiving Memory
Nov 20, 2018
Dad Taught Me This
Nov 20, 2018