A Rewritten Lamentations 5
By Timothy Wotring, member of Presbyterian Peace Fellowship's Executive Committee During this time of quarantine and protest; of rage and frustration; of confusion and fear, the Bible provides for us a much-needed resource: lament. Six…
It’s past time for a new way – Defund the police reflection
This reflection comes to us from Ashley Bair, who is working for PPF during our deep focus on defunding the police. Contact Ashley: ashley@presbypeacefellowship.org Ashley Bair It’s past time for a new way. That was…Defund the Police Reflection – from Jennifer Soule-Hill
As we continue our deep focus on defunding the police, we're sharing reflections from the PPF community about learning and action around abolition, police, and policing. This reflection comes to us from PPF Executive Committee…Hope Must Not Die / La Esperanza no debe morir
Update from Germán Zárate-Durier - Colombia Coordinator for PPF Accompaniment Program Español abajo / Spanish below. The global crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID 19) has led to changes in the daily life of all…
Why PPF is doing a 6-month deep focus on #DefundThePolice
The statement below is from PPF's Executive Director, Emily Brewer, in September 2020. This deep focus continues through March 2021. In late 2020, we held a book club with over 300 people on How to Be…
Barstow-Driver 2020: Honoring Linda Eastwood
The Barstow-Driver Award was created in 2014 by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship in order to specifically honor those who are over sixty years old and have taken significant risks for the cause of nonviolent peacemaking.…
Why Pacifists Need To Join The Riot
This post comes to us from Rev. Aric Clark, PPF Co-Moderator. Sign up here for PPF's upcoming Action Circles about defunding the police. There is an observable and predictable progression many protesters undergo in the…
Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
PPF is a proud signer of this interfaith statement. In the 1980s PPF was one of the founding organizations of the US-Soviet Bi-Lateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, leading the PC(USA) to become the first major church to…The Things that Make for Peace, a GA224 reflection
As he came near and saw the city, Jesus wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!” (Luke 19:41-2) We know that the…
Peace Camp Devotional by Bill McKibben
[embed]https://youtu.be/OgA_aRlZxtw[/embed] This devotional is a part of the daily series in the June 2020 Presbyterian Peace Camp: A Virtual Week of Learning, Prayer, and Action. Today's devotional is by Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben is an author and…