Barry York

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

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