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.

Here is a great story I heard at a camp up north one summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Hemingway was not a believer, but he was right about this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Have you ever learned from the Mormons? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Jesus has authority over Darkness, Demons, Disease, and Death. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Don't curse winter. Bundle up and build a snowman. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Pray for the Conners of this world... There are so many of them, but there are beautiful places built for them... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Woody and Gail were our friends but the years would call us apart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

At Ken Pierponthttps://kenpierpont.com/all-ground-is-holy-ground/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

In which we revisit a famous trout-fishing quote and apply it to the Spirit's work in our life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

a poem for winter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Here is a thoughtful story from Wendell Berry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Did God every use a book to stir your heart up about something or fuel a strong desire in you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

A story about a storytelling pastor and the sweet providence of God. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

The final chapter and some closing comments. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

There was something I had from the farm I had forgotten about... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This is a touching story of tears in the driveway and sacrifice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Have you ever owned a Blanket-Lined Waamus? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Have you thought about what will be left when you are gone? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

More stories from my grandparent's farm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

More stories from my Grandparent's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

another story inspired by my grandfather's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

another of my stories from my Grandparent's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This is a favorite old story that has been passed down for generations now. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This one is sobering. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Do you like real tomatoes? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

A dog story from my grandparent's farm with an important lesson for people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

...more from my Grandparent's farm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This story was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

...more stories from my grandparent's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

...more stories from my grandparent's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

...more stories from my grandparent's farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Chapter Fifteen from For a Few Days. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This story is from They Smell Like Sheep by Dr. Lynn Anderson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Here is a sweet story about how God knows what brings delight to your soul and the importance of having an understanding of the people you love. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Stories from a seasons of life on a family farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

These are stories from a season of life on a family farm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Did you hear the one about the guy who made his wife do all the work? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Here is a story told live about three girls in evening gowns on a hay wagon.... You probably should listen to this one. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

When do you think about when you mow? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Here is a story originally written in More Willows by the Water, an unpublished collection of simple stories of faith and family. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

A lasting lesson from the life of a little bird. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

God restores broken things and broken people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Don't ever let your heart get hard or barren. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

A lesson from long ago on a summer evening... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Priorities and Post Toasties. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Do you have an evil influence in your life... you need to listen to this one.... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

Did you ever do anything foolish or dangerous and wait to tell your parents until enough time had passed that they would not punish you? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

A friend of mine had a surprise recently on a trip. Here's the story... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

This is a special episode recorded on the north end of Sheer Lake at Camp Barakel. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

How do you feel about thinking? Have you ever thought about feeling? Here is how I feel and what I think about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message

We just returned from a long trip. It made me think about cornhole... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ken-pierpont/message