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

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

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

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

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