A Prayer for November 2018
Holy One, Do you still look at creation at say “it is good”? Do you still look at your people and believe we are worth saving? What do you say when you look at…
The UN Climate Report is Devastating… And That Doesn’t Let Us Off the Hook.
At first I saw the headlines on Facebook from articles that friends were posting: Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as early as 2040 [1]... We Have 12 Years to Limit Climate Change…
Look and Listen: Colombia Accompanier Training in Tucson
This past weekend, I was one of 18 participants in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s Discernment and Training for the Colombia Accompaniment Program (CAP). During an intense three days, we sought to learn the history of…
Community, Commitment, and Creativity: A Summary Reflection of the 2018 Activist Council Gathering in Minneapolis, MN
Creativity, Community, Commitment. These were some of the themes that emerged during the two and a half days that the Activist Council gathered in Minneapolis at the Church of All Nations September 20-22. [caption id="attachment_1056"…
End Immigrant Detention: PPF Co-Moderator Arrested in ICE Protest
By Aric Clark We were seated in a circle, singing and praying, around a makeshift altar with a candle and some flowers as they came to arrest us. We were listening to stories about the…
My First Activist Council Gathering
My first Activist Council Gathering was in Chicago April 2017. I arrived tired (we left home at 3am) and anxious; these were my theological and social justice heroes. I had followed their work for years. …
Testimony and Reflection from GA223
Against 08-03 I’m Olivia Thomas from Baton Rouge Louisiana and I’m a member of the Midsouth Presbytery. I am speaking against 08-03. Home is a funny thing. It took me leaving Louisiana to fall head…
Colombians Ask for Prayer Amid Increasing Death Threats
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship expresses its solidarity with the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia (IPC) -- the Presbyterian Church of Colombia -- and joins them in denouncing the most recent death threats made by an armed…
PPF Report on GA223
“Holy One, we give you thanks for the gift of our feet! They have taken us to many places--places of celebration, places of sorrow, places of beauty, and places that challenge our understanding. Give us…