Barry York

This blog has purposefully been quiet this past month.I have spent the time seeking the Lord's will about a call from the Second Reformed Presbyterian Church. Below is the letter

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/python10.jpg] You have to admire the men pictured here. They are returning home from hunting an African Rock Python. Seeing how its jaws can

December 10, 2008 President Kenneth A. Smith Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA 15010 Dear Dr. Smith, Though I know you are a very busy man, I hope you can find just a few

When my daughter Lindsay, home for the Thanksgiving break, asked me a question the other day, at first I wondered what they were teaching her at college. "Dad, what does 'putting

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/psalm100portion.jpg] Around 200 people gathered last night at Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church for a Thanksgiving Service. Brethren from the Elkhart, Lafayette, and West Lafayette

Yet another technological wonderment has hit the internet. This will be old news for the young people, I'm sure, but hang in there for a moment while I explain it to

Imagine having witnessed the following: A man came running up to a police officer standing on a corner. "Sir," he shouted desperately, "someone just stole my wallet. You have to

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/mpj040926800005b15d.jpg] Though I missed it, I guess this past Sunday was "Pulpit Freedom Sunday," as some ministers decided to tell their congregations

"Perhaps nothing is more mysterious than a veil or curtain." So began my last sermon on the mystery in Ephesians 3:1-7. And so begins this collage of "veiled thoughts&

[http://www.sycamorerpc.org/SCA%20Website/index.html]Sycamore Covenant Academy (SCA), an academic and discipleship ministry of our congregation, opened its doors this week to start our seventh year. We are more

[http://gentlereformation.allegrodynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hurricane_gustav.jpg] As Hurricane Gustav churned in the Gulf of Mexico a few days ago, reports circulated that it could grow into a monster

This past Sunday, after a year of special preparation, five teen-aged young ladies professed their faith publicly at Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. Centering my preaching on Isaiah 44:3-5, where God promises the

A blogger's inner musings: _What about reviewing some of the great books I've been reading - Rutherford's Letters, Keller's The Reason of God, Owen on

_To my beloved wife, Miriam. For in you I see_.Our blissful union, What sweet communion! God’s fragrant rose of Sharon to me, My lily in life’s valleys, Your love is

On Saturday, July 26th, I participated in the funeral of George Todd [http://www.fisherfuneralchapel.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/5658], a family friend and the father of Angi Hindman, a former member

In the first months of our marriage, Miriam and I signed up to support a child through Compassion International [http://www.compassion.com/default.htm], a ministry that with a few dollars each

Paul Faris, a founding member of the Sycamore congregation, will celebrate his ninety-second birthday next week. As I reflected on Paul's influence on my own life, I wanted to share it

In April I had the privilege of sitting in a meeting where Marvin Olasky, editor of WORLD [http://www.worldmag.com/]magazine and author of The Tragedy of American Compassion, met with a

Along with around 300 others including our interns Bill and Jason, I attended the Banner of Truth Conference at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, last week. The Banner [http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/

Goldie and Boldie were goldfish who lived in a fishbowl. They were happy there - for a while anyway - as their bowl was a nice little place for them to dwell. The

On Friday, May 16th, Sycamore Covenant Academy [http://www.sycamorerpc.org/linkedpages/congregation/sca.html] (SCA) held its annual Silent Auction & Fundraising Banquet. Over eighty students, parents, grandparents and friends gathered for

Etymology is the study of a word's development over time. More technically it is defined by Merriam-Webster [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etymology] to be "the history of a linguistic

Like the ever-changing weather of Indiana, these past few weeks surrounding Hope for Eternity have been filled with sun and storm, stillness and strong winds. How so? * The intense days of getting ready

One more reminder of the schedule for Hope for Eternity, which will be held in the sanctuary of Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church. 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 23 Hell: Thinking the Unthinkable

Not that I consider my life very dramatic, but last week did have its fill of heart-stopping and heart-wrenching moments: * An IRS audit for my mother's 2006 taxes saying I owed