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Advent 1: Ready my Heart, O Lord
Advent Prayer*: “I offer you, O Lord, my heart, promptly and sincerely.” We have a...
Much Work Lies Ahead: Addressing Racism, Even in the Church
I first want to thank all of you for the opportunity to share with you during the September...
Three Essential Marks of Religious and Political Practice: Power, Justice and Love In An Election Year
How are we to understand the fundamental social, political, ethical, and theological conflicts...
Hagia Sophia, Holy Wisdom
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has sent a shock wave of grief and anxiety throughout much of...
Hands-on Mission Opportunity to Support Rural Migrant Ministry
Your presbytery Mission Committee wants to lift up a request from one of our six Mission...
Creation Care and Black Lives Matter
The Peacemaking Task Force of Albany Presbytery, at its August Zoom meeting, decided to focus...
A Statement from Past Moderator Rev. Kate Kotfila on Lebanon
Beautiful Lebanon has been devastated by an economy in free fall and the ravages of Covid. The...
Living into Our Christian Faith One Shopping Cart at a Time
For more than a decade, I have been doing most of my grocery shopping at my local PriceRite and...
Is Listening a Lost Art?
There are so many words and so much information flying around that it gets overwhelming. Our...
Reconciliation, Justice and a New Ritual in a Time of Protest
Several years ago, some of us from First Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, NY visited...
