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
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | March 13, 2019 | | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
The Season of Lent leads us into introspection on our relationship with God and neighbor. Scripture tells us that we are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. In that commandment we find the context for... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | January 31, 2019 | creation care | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
Staring at the computer screen trying to write an article, my mind goes blank. Hearing bird activity, I shift my eyes to the window and see a brilliant red Northern Cardinal, a Blue Jay, and a few Mourning Doves, their contrasting color made ever more vivid against... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | April 2, 2018 | creationcreation careEarth Day | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
Every now and then a book comes along that is “spot on” for the times. “Eco-Reformation: Grace and Hope for a Planet in Peril,” is such a book. Bill McKibben writes a very urgent but hopeful foreword followed by a fine preface by the editors, Lisa E. Dahill &... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | January 14, 2018 | awecreationcreation careowls | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
Picture: A snowy owl in flight. By Bert de Tilly, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Have you ever seen a Snowy Owl in the wild? If you have you will never forget it. There was an early January... Read more
by Rev. Larry Deyss, HR | October 23, 2017 | climate changeearthearth careprotestant reformationReformation | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In 1517 Martin Luther, a professor at the University of Wittenberg, posted the ninety five theses, or points, which he believed needed to be discussed. The act itself was not out of the ordinary, since making... Read more
