Barry York

"Perhaps nothing is more mysterious than a veil or curtain." So began my last sermon on the mystery in Ephesians 3:1-7. And so begins this collage of "veiled thoughts&

[http://www.sycamorerpc.org/SCA%20Website/index.html]Sycamore Covenant Academy (SCA), an academic and discipleship ministry of our congregation, opened its doors this week to start our seventh year. We are more

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hurricane_gustav.jpg] As Hurricane Gustav churned in the Gulf of Mexico a few days ago, reports circulated that it could grow into a monster

This past Sunday, after a year of special preparation, five teen-aged young ladies professed their faith publicly at Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. Centering my preaching on Isaiah 44:3-5, where God promises the

A blogger's inner musings: _What about reviewing some of the great books I've been reading - Rutherford's Letters, Keller's The Reason of God, Owen on

_To my beloved wife, Miriam. For in you I see_.Our blissful union, What sweet communion! God’s fragrant rose of Sharon to me, My lily in life’s valleys, Your love is

On Saturday, July 26th, I participated in the funeral of George Todd [http://www.fisherfuneralchapel.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/5658], a family friend and the father of Angi Hindman, a former member

In the first months of our marriage, Miriam and I signed up to support a child through Compassion International [http://www.compassion.com/default.htm], a ministry that with a few dollars each

Paul Faris, a founding member of the Sycamore congregation, will celebrate his ninety-second birthday next week. As I reflected on Paul's influence on my own life, I wanted to share it

In April I had the privilege of sitting in a meeting where Marvin Olasky, editor of WORLD [http://www.worldmag.com/]magazine and author of The Tragedy of American Compassion, met with a

Along with around 300 others including our interns Bill and Jason, I attended the Banner of Truth Conference at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, last week. The Banner [http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/

Goldie and Boldie were goldfish who lived in a fishbowl. They were happy there - for a while anyway - as their bowl was a nice little place for them to dwell. The

On Friday, May 16th, Sycamore Covenant Academy [http://www.sycamorerpc.org/linkedpages/congregation/sca.html] (SCA) held its annual Silent Auction & Fundraising Banquet. Over eighty students, parents, grandparents and friends gathered for

Etymology is the study of a word's development over time. More technically it is defined by Merriam-Webster [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etymology] to be "the history of a linguistic

Like the ever-changing weather of Indiana, these past few weeks surrounding Hope for Eternity have been filled with sun and storm, stillness and strong winds. How so? * The intense days of getting ready

One more reminder of the schedule for Hope for Eternity, which will be held in the sanctuary of Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 23 Hell: Thinking the Unthinkable

Not that I consider my life very dramatic, but last week did have its fill of heart-stopping and heart-wrenching moments: * An IRS audit for my mother's 2006 taxes saying I owed

I have been to the conferences that tell you how to market the church, and have seen the efforts by [http://bp0.blogger.com/_vAzOWT9yZyI/R_uDLep6KhI/AAAAAAAAABg/gm3jsmI-qZk/s1600-h/banner.jpg] churches

Many thanks to you who have prayed for the situation regarding my mother [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2008/03/coming-down-from-mountain.html] and sent messages. Though she remains in the deep pit of her

Tending to the situation regarding my mother [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2008/03/coming-down-from-mountain.html] has kept me from several extracurriculars the past three weeks, of which blogging is one. However, yesterday I

From February 28 through March 1, I attended the annual meeting of our presbytery in Orlando, Florida. Though I must honestly confess that I normally have a fleshly aversion to these all day,

As I grew up outside of Christ and His church, never venturing beyond the bounds of the South and Midwest, my view of the world was extremely limited and ill-informed even into my

It was the day after Valentine's Day. John Frum Day, that is. It is celebrated every year on February 15th. Missed it, you say? You should thank the Lord. In the

Tragically, last week an unusual storm system for the winter produced at least 68 tornadoes in the south [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/02/06/tornadoes/index.html], leading to widespread

Ever noticed how often Jesus would meet a request for help with silence, a hard question, a reproach, an impossible demand or even an apparent refusal? The Syrophoenician woman's story in