by Rev. Michael Burkley | August 14, 2020 | | Blog
For more than a decade, I have been doing most of my grocery shopping at my local PriceRite and Aldi’s. They have good products, and are considerably less expensive than other markets, and I’m always looking for a good bargain! One of the other things that I liked... 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. Dr. Earl S. Johnson, Jr | July 13, 2020 | changeprayerreconciliationritualScripture | Blog, Peacemaking Task Force, Racial Justice
Several years ago, some of us from First Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, NY visited Johannesburg, South Africa on our way to rebuild a church in Mozambique. In Johannesburg, members of the local presbytery (a biracial group) outlined the four steps that they were... Read more
by Arthur Fullerton | June 29, 2020 | EqualityLGBTQMore LightPCUSA | Blog, Equality
I recently stood for Co-Moderator of the 224th General Assembly of the PCUSA. Westminster Presbyterian Church is part of a larger Christendom and within this country part of the larger Presbyterian Church USA. We are called Presbyterian largely because of how we are... Read more
by Bill Henderson | June 12, 2020 | BLMLovingKindnessRacialEquality | Blog, News, Racial Justice
The last few weeks have seen a huge outpouring of support for the safety of and respect of people of color in light of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In Albany Presbytery, which is mostly white, many of our ministers and church members lamented that the... 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 Bill Henderson | April 27, 2020 | | Blog, COVID19, Worship
It is the first Sunday after the ‘all-clear’ is given in NY. All the church members happily enter the church building exchanging hugs. The Lord’s Supper returns to normal, as the Peace of Christ is passed with warm handshakes. No, none of that is going to happen. It... 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
