Barry York

With all our talk in Reformed circles about the importance of preaching, might not experience call that into question? Might not some disagree simply by observation? Please understand. If you told me Reformed

"A willing people in Thy day of power shall come to Thee,Thy youth arrayed in holiness like morning dew shall be." Psalm 110, from The Book of Psalms for Singing

My father-in-law Ron likes to call himself Jethro on occasion. This is done in honor of Moses' father-in-law who (Ron is always glad to remind me) gave wise counsel to his needy

After a three-month hiatus from the blogosphere, today marks my return. Lord willing, I hope to write Monday mornings and then post. So if you are interested in tuning into a weekly column

Destroy and root out the abominations, idolatry, and heresy of the Turk, the pope, and all false teachers and fanatics who wrongly use Thy name and in scandalous ways take it in vain

Green murky waters flow quietly, Leaves from trees upriver carried twirling along. Slowly they pass by the stranger on the bank, Leaning against the trunk that's strong. Lips closed as prayers

With the heat blazing away today (my Firefox Weather buttons show a severe weather alert because the heat index is to break 100 this week), did you know the the sun itself was

My wife is away for a few days, having taken the younger three with her to spend some special time with grandparents in Michigan. Funny how the older I get, the more I

Not much time to blog these past few weeks, so why not share a summer laugh or two? One of our family's summer highlights was our church's family conference

I must have been sleeping when they made the announcement. And it must be my lack of web-savvy that kept me from finding it on Crown & Covenant's website. So I&

The late morning breeze carried the scent of the bright bouquets to those assembled under the canopy sitting atop one of the many blue-green hills of western North Carolina. The coolness and smell

When I am on vacation, I have one idea of how I like to spend my time. Celia, my four year-old daughter, has another. Often when we are at Miriam's parents&

This subject is just the last two words of the typically long, 18th century title of the book A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christianity in the Higher and

The Lord turns even our little sorrows into joy... Last weekend I had to spend yet another beautiful, sunny Saturday going to various open houses for graduation. Now don't get me

More people commented on my last blog entitled "A Grieving Heart [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2007/05/grieving-heart.html]" than I have ever had before. I want to follow it up

To the youth of the Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church and their Christian friends: My pastoral heart is grieving over you. Why? Every so often I survey your blogs and scan your Facebook pages.

One church in Kokomo experienced barking, meowing, and chirping in its service yesterday, and it was not because the Toronto Blessing finally hit our town. No, this was a "blessing" of

It's been one of those days where friends and my brother have sent me amusing video clips to watch. Dozens of fish just jumping out of the water at night toward

[http://bp1.blogger.com/_vAzOWT9yZyI/Rha0eS-04VI/AAAAAAAAAAw/Im3YFXgGEt0/s1600-h/physical-map-of-northern-ireland.gif] Or at least my eyes are smiling upon Ireland. Following our arrival on Wednesday, Miriam and I spent a day with the

[http://bp0.blogger.com/_vAzOWT9yZyI/RgKxGMHMbLI/AAAAAAAAAAk/srAtEU40wPU/s1600-h/n1163401334_794.jpg] On Tuesday night of this week, I was privileged to attend the Indiana Family Institute [http://www.hoosierfamily.org/]'s

While enjoying a two-day get-away with my wife last week, I was fascinated to read this article [http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/LOCAL/702220439/1196] about Elliot Huck.

Perhaps a blog with this name should not have a post with this title, but nevertheless... Several weeks ago, when the temperatures were more like those of springtime than the ones we are

During the Covenanter Young Adult Winter Conference, each year on Sabbath afternoons we have traditionally had a time called "Stump the Pastors" (affectionately dubbed "Stump the Chumps" by some)

[http://bp0.blogger.com/_vAzOWT9yZyI/Ra-LCfmGncI/AAAAAAAAAAY/DdCCGOC9rNI/s1600-h/squirrel.jpg] After a battle with them in our church building a while back, squirrels became a source of humor around Sycamore. In my

Many blogging thoughts, but little blogging time these past few weeks. Our congregation had the privilege of hosting over 100 college students and young working adults for worship and lunch this past weekend