It’s time for the PC(USA) to join the global movement for divestment from Fossil Fuels
by rev. abby mohaupt and Rev. Colleen Earp, Fossil Free PC(USA) On January 19, 2022, the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) voted to recommend divestment from five fossil fuel companies: Chevron, ExxonMobil, Marathon…
We Don’t Build Peace by Avoiding Tension
Rev. Liz Kearny (she/her/hers) Liz is a member of the PPF Activist Council and Co-Pastor at Longview Presbyterian Church in Longview, Washington "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of…
What We Long For: A Prayer on January 6, 2022
These words were written by Rev. Lucy Waechter-Webb, PPF Manager of Communications and Digital Organizing, as an invocation for a Vigil for Democracy on January 6, 2022, the one year anniversary of the attack on…
My body tells me: before there was harm, there was miracle.
This sermon was preached at The Presbyterian Church of Traverse City in Traverse City, MI on December 19, 2021 by Rev. Lucy Waechter Webb You can listen to it here. For the last twelve years…
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Be bold. Nonviolence works! We are a wide network of peacemakers who engage issues of both national and international import. Our call is to be movers and shakers within the PC(USA) and beyond, encouraging one…
A Veteran’s Day Reflection
Our failed war in Afghanistan of 20 years should be a flashing red light and blaring siren of warning of the futility of war and military adventurism. Back in 1998 Secretary of State Madeline Albright…
The Third Displacement
“It’s the problem,” the pastor said, “of land.” On an accompaniment visit to Apartadó, Colombia in August 2021, two of us from PPF had the chance to sit down with the Peace Commission of the…
Guns2Gardens: Become a disarming congregation
I recently attended a series of events in Houston TX designed to witness to the pain of gun violence and equip local faith communities to take action to end gun violence in Houston. One event…
Leaving with more questions
After our three visits to the ETCRs, a couple of the lingering questions in my mind are: "What is reconciliation?" and "How do these communities move forward?" With such a long history of civil war,…
Violence in Afghanistan not inevitable
PPF Statement on Afghanistan after US troop withdrawal in August 2021 It is not inevitable. The reality we have seen in the last two weeks--of Afghans holding onto planes taking off from Kabul, of interpreters…