Little Joys June 06, 2007 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
Jonathan Edwards & the Youth List May 30, 2007 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
A Grieving Heart May 16, 2007 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.
Surefire Attendance Booster May 07, 2007 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
I Can Only Imagine April 27, 2007 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
My Irish Eyes are Smiling April 06, 2007 [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
A Likeable Hero March 22, 2007 [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
An Unlikely Hero February 28, 2007 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.
Timber! February 07, 2007 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
Vowing, but Not to Get Even January 27, 2007 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)
Creative Squirrel Uses 101 January 18, 2007 [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
Covenanter Young Adults January 17, 2007 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
Happy Circumcision Day? December 18, 2006 Preached on Genesis 21:1-7 yesterday regarding the birth of Isaac. The joyous arrival of Isaac, whose very name means "laughter," to Abraham and Sarah after all those years of waiting
Prayer Requests from the Library December 14, 2006 As I wrote last week [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2006/12/here-we-go-again.html], a proposal involving a huge downtown development project ($110 dollars, seven-towers, eleven city blocks) was published in a local paper.
Celebrating Graying Temples December 11, 2006 I'm getting old. No surprise to you, I know, but it reads like the daily news to me. Reflect with me on these little reminders from recent comments: * "Your hair
Here We Go Again? December 07, 2006 Faithful readers of this blog will remember the struggle our congregation had with the local library board a while ago (If interested, you can read about this here [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2005/
An R-Rated Pulpit? December 04, 2006 Know one story worse than what happened in Sodom before its destruction? You know the one in Genesis 19, where the angels visited Lot, his house was surrounded by a homosexual throng, and
Folly out of the Pulpit November 22, 2006 Whoa! Being a mere babe in an internet savvy world, I had no idea when I wrote my previous post "Evil in the Pulpit [http://sycamorerpc.blogspot.com/2006/11/evil-in-pulpit.html]
Evil in the Pulpit November 20, 2006 Often bloggers can do no better service than to point their readers to someone who has written an important article better than they can do. With that in mind, please go to Kevin
Preacher Confessions October 26, 2006 If the title led you to believe you would read a juicy bit worthy of the _National Enquirer, _sorry to disappoint. Thankfully, that is not the case. The confessions I am about to
Little Men October 12, 2006 As our nation grieves over the outbreak of violence in the recent school shootings in the Denver, Colorado and Lancaster, Pennsylvania areas, we may want to take this opportunity to teach our sons
A Child Will Save October 01, 2006 Joseph McDougall was a physician in Nova Scotia who in the middle of the last century had a twenty-three year-old woman patient dying from tuberculosis. She was the mother of a one-year old
ALERT! September 29, 2006 I know it is rare that I blog twice in one day. However, knowing how trends always begin in California and sweep east, after reading this article [http://www.nbc11.com/news/9946298/
In Response to a City Councilman September 29, 2006 A city councilman in Kokomo wrote an editorial this week (which you can read here [http://www.kokomotribune.com/siteSearch/apstorysection/local_story_268195455.html] ) calling his readers to have compromising views with
Old Testament Survey...of Me September 26, 2006 The fifth year of Sycamore Covenant Academy has begun with a bang. Though still relatively small in size, this ministry of our church that provides academic and discipleship training for home educated youth