The UNChrist September 21, 2006 "I emphatically declare that today's world more than ever before longs for just and righteous people with love for all humanity, and above all longs for the perfect, righteous human
A Bald Eagle Sighting September 13, 2006 [http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/694/1260/1600/P2036323.0.jpg] Ran across this picture and thought I'd share it with you. It was taken back in February at Senior'
Youth Groupee August 31, 2006 Telemarketers can be annoying, but they can also be a source of mild entertainment. Especially the ones who call the church hawking the latest Christian trinket. I particularly enjoy this type of conversation,
Obedience: A Learned Behavior August 24, 2006 Recently a friend going through a tough time asked me for a copy of the following that I wrote quite a number of years ago. The title makes it self-explanatory. Perhaps a thought
Do What You Cannot Do August 15, 2006 He came banging in through the church door last Saturday, calling out with his thick tongue, "Hel-wo! Pas-ta!" As this "pas-ta" came out of his study and walked down
VBS for Pastors August 01, 2006 Usually Vacation Bible Schools are held during the summer so squirmy little kids can learn what they did not know about the Bible. Last month, this preacher felt like he went to VBS
Summer Ramblings July 07, 2006 Between attending denominational meetings, packing to leave for a family conference, sending a family to Scotland, caring for my mom and trying to do my necessary work, little time is left for the
Crawlfish Caper June 19, 2006 Sneaking up to the corner of the house, the scrawny eight year-old boy carefully peered around it into the carport. His lips, perpetually separated by buckteeth, broke into a grin as he saw
The Question June 12, 2006 Over the past several years I have run into "the question" ever so often, just infrequently enough to forget it is there. The experience is much like the one I have
Reformation Society of Men June 08, 2006 Last night, June 7th, the first Reformation Society of Men's meeting in Kokomo was held in the Fellowship Hall of the Sycamore RPC. We had 17 men in attendance. The men
The Coming of Gowf June 08, 2006 Well over four hundred shots rang out on the Deer Track Golf Course located near Frankfort, Indiana, on Tuesday as three other men ventured out on the golf course with moi for my
A Distaff Laugh June 01, 2006 "She stretches out her hands to the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle." -Proverbs 31:19 While having family worship at our table one morning this week with Miriam'
Announcing....MRS? May 26, 2006 At our session meeting Wednesday night, our elders decided to begin a Men's Society at Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. Having seen a need to help men grow in the grace of
No Creed but Christ's Creed May 24, 2006 Often people and even congregations boast of "No Creed but Christ" or "No Creed but the Bible," meaning they are downplaying the importance of having formulated doctrines of the
A Doctrine to be Whispered May 18, 2006 I do not often shout at my wife. If not for some foolish moments of indiscretion in my youth, I could even say I never shout at her. Why? Well, I would like
The Glory of Old Men May 10, 2006 Despite the fact that I re-sprained the arch of my left foot doing so, and had to hobble the rest of the way through it, I thoroughly enjoyed getting out on the basketball
A Reminder Outside My Window May 08, 2006 While I was in the Philippines in 2004, Miriam orchestrated, with the help of several friends in the church, the redecoration of my office. I had worked in it for months with it
Caution: Men at Work April 01, 2006 Every so often I don the role of Embarrasem Keillor and tell the congregation a story such as the one below about the saints of a church named Sycamore located near Lake Woes-Be-Gone.
A College Course Option March 22, 2006 When it comes to college education, perhaps you should not listen to me. * My oldest son is only a senior in high school, so I cannot yet claim to speak from family experience.
Blogpology March 14, 2006 Now look carefully at the title. This is not entitled blogology, which would be the study of the history of weblogs and their societal impact. Neither is it **_blogistics, _**which would measure the
The Supper of the Lord February 15, 2006 Recently a friend who attends our church asked me: "Would you give me some scripture that supports the church's decision to be so selective in who partakes in communion?...As
A Reminder to the Youth January 26, 2006 _“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
Media by Us January 19, 2006 Almost every newspaper or news magazine likes to tout that they are unbias and objective in their reporting. Yet all of us, when retelling events we have witnessed or researched (which is at
Now You Know Why January 16, 2006 Last post (see below) I explained how I suffer from Celiaism. I know how annoying people can be who insist on telling you about every ache and pain of their condition, but bear
Celiaism January 11, 2006 I thought I would use this blog site to announce that recently I have been diagnosed with a condition known as "Celiaism." Perhaps I should have called each of you personally