Ken Pierpont's Blog, page 149
May 28, 2012
No More Running (Part One)
The Day I Became A Runner
I will always remember the day I became a runner. I started running in about 1983. At first I ran just twenty minutes a day. I ran in a pair of high-tip basketball shoes. I couldn’t run a quarter-mile to the stop sign at the end of the road without having to stop and catch my breath.
After a few weeks I was running a couple miles a day, six days a week. Within a month or two I set out on a run on a sunny Saturday morning and just kept going. I ran my normal out-and-back route, but instead of turning back I just kept going on around our big country block. When I came back around to the house I jumped in the car and drove the route I had just ran. I had run over six miles! I was a runner.
Since then I have run a number of races from 3 to 10 miles and a half-marathon. I have trained two summers for a marathon getting up to 20 miles in my training runs. I have never completed a marathon. For some reason I just start to lose my motivation after I get into the 15 plus-mile training runs.
That Was Then. This is Now.
When I past fifty something happened inside me. I know many people run into their old age, but lately I’ve noticed even fast running isn’t that fast anymore and what is the point, anyway. I just don’t like pushing myself anymore. A couple summers ago I unjured by ankle and distance running just doesn’t seem like a good idea. I haven’t fully recovered, but I can walk in good shoes as far as I want.
This may change in the future but for now I have down-shifted to walking and I’m glad. If you are still a runner, hat’s off to you, don’t take this as an insult. I admire you.
At the gym I will still do my sprint-eight workout on the treadmill when I can, but as much as I envy my runner friends and admire their achievements, I am now a walker. In my next post I will tell you some reasons I have converted to walking.
In my next post I will tell you some reasons for walking and share a powerful video on the incredible benefits of walking just thirty-minutes a day.
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Between Memorial Day and Labor Day (Sermon)
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: May 27, 2012 PM
Title: Between Memorial Day and Labor Day
Text: Mark 1:35
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
How to Treat Pagans
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Date: May 27, 2012 AM
Title: How to Treat “Pagans”
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Matthew 15:32-39
May 25, 2012
Jason’s Story
Sunday morning Jason was baptized! Pretty exciting stuff. I wanted you to be able to hear his story. (Thanks, Chuk, for this film).
May 21, 2012
Fernando Ortega-In Concert!
Last week Lois and I enjoyed a wonderful date (we took Hope America as a chaperone). We went to a concert together in Ohio.
Lois and I disagree on a lot of small things and we really agree on some big things. One of the things we agree on is our favorite singer outside our own family: Fernando Ortega. The evening was everything we hoped it would be. The concert was in Ohio. We arrived early enough to have something to eat and explore the idyllic little village of Hudson. We even found a delightful little indie bookstore creatively named: The Learned Owl.
We had seats stage left in the front row. Fernando sang and played a beautiful full grand piano. He had a versatile musician named Gabe Scott with him who could play the guitar, sing, play the djembe (I just discovered that word started with a “D”), and the steel guitar. I suspect he could also play the hammar dulcimer, too because one was set up there, but it was never played. (Kind’a cruel, I thought).
Fernando did sing his signature song “Children of the Living God,” and told the humorous story of an Amish girl named Esther who he met on a cruise. (That’s right. He met a plain-dressing Amish girl on a cruise)
It was a peaceful evening of singing and storytelling. Fernando is a gifted storyteller. He has and easy, natural style much like his music. I’ve listened to Fernando’s songs almost every day for the last about fifteen years so it was fascinating to hear the details of the stories behind the songs. He was in an unusual storytelling mood that night. I was so glad Lois and Hope and I could share the memory of a perfect evening.
May 20, 2012
Bringing Broken Outcasts to Jesus
Date: May 20, 1012 PM
Title: Bringing Broken Outcasts to Jesus
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Text: Matthew 15:29-31
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Micghian
A Flyover of Malachi
April 22, 2012 PM
Message: A Flyover of Malachi
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
Series: A Flyover of the Books of the Bible
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
May 13, 2012
A Flyover of Mark
Date: May 13, 2012 PM
Title: A Flyover of Mark
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
Series: A Flyover of the Books of the Bible
Place: Evangel Baptist Church–Taylor, Michigan
Women of Relentless Trust
Date: May 13, 2012 AM 05/13/2012 11:00 AM
Title: Women of Relentless Trust
Speaker: Ken Pierpont
Series: Matthew’s Gospel
Text: Matthew 15:21-28
May 10, 2012
Leland Ralph Pierpont
We now have a forth grandchild–a grandson the third son born to our oldest, Kyle and his wife Elizabeth. Here is a photo of the growing family. God has blessed. Leland was born on the forth of April.
