by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | August 24, 2020 | BLMcreation carepeacemaking | Blog, Creation Care, Peacemaking Task Force, Racial Justice
The Peacemaking Task Force of Albany Presbytery, at its August Zoom meeting, decided to focus on two major issues, Creation Care and Black Lives Matter, giving them each sustained attention. The more we discussed these two issues, the more we realized how much they... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | July 20, 2020 | BLMContemplationcreation careListeningmindfulness | Blog, COVID19, Creation Care, Equality
There are so many words and so much information flying around that it gets overwhelming. Our world is increasingly hyped and we go along with it. A digital world and a life of multi-tasking set us up for this. One result of living in a constant hyper state is that we... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | May 27, 2020 | | Blog, COVID19, Creation Care
That is what has happened to us. We have been broken open as a nation and as the world. Indeed, given the way things were going it was it was probably inevitable. Short- sightedness with its focus on power and money, combined with neglect of the larger systems of... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | April 22, 2020 | earthday | Blog, Creation Care
Gracious God, Creator of all that is, we give thanks and praise to you for all you have brought into being: the earth, sun, moon, stars, and the universe so vast we measure it light years. Your works are beyond our full comprehension. We stand in awe of your majesty... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | April 17, 2020 | | Blog, Creation Care
It sort of feels that way, doesn’t it? On Holy Saturday, the followers of Jesus were being careful and hunkering down. St. John in his Gospel says, “The doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews.” In other words, they were... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | March 25, 2020 | | Blog
Stay in place and if you need to go out for necessities, then maintain social distance. That is the advice given to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19. For me, that means spending more time looking out of my window watching birds at the feeder and... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | January 20, 2020 | creation carepeacemaking | Blog, Creation Care, Peacemaking Task Force
Seeing a Christmas tree beside the road the day after Christmas I was reminded that, for some, Christmas is just one day. After that it is “Christmas is over. Let’s get on with things”. I got to thinking how rich a liturgical life is. Those who keep such a life know... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | September 1, 2019 | creation care | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
In January of this year, the Peacemaking Task Force presented a document to the Presbytery, “A Way Forward for Creation Care”, which was well received. The document opened with twelve brief statements of belief followed with a lifting up of the four key areas of the... Read more
