Afghanistan and the Futility of War
By Rev. Ben Daniel, Pastor of Montclair Presbyterian Church, a PC(USA) Peace Church One way or another, any American Christian who professes an affinity for pacifism eventually must answer a difficult question: "what about crimes…
Committed to Peace
I was energized by our visits with the FARC ex-combatants* we met. Their passion and commitment on the journey of reincorporating into civilian life is inspiring. They knew it would be difficult, but are finding…
The spirituality of disarming
I witnessed how a disarming event--how literally dismantling weapons of violence--transformed not just weapons, but all of us who were there, too. On June 13 I drove to Boulder, Colorado, to gather in the parking…
What is a Peace Church?
“A Peace Church is a church that… ...recognizes that war and militarism are inconsistent with the Gospel of Christ that calls us to love our enemies and pray for those that persecute us …recognizes the…
Barstow-Driver Award Honors Cheryl and Douglas Hunt of First Presbyterian Church, Stockton, CA
By Tamara Razzano For most of their lives, Cheryl and Doug Hunt have been peacemakers. From individually serving in the Peace Corps, to long involvement in the Colombia Accompaniment Program, and participating in the Preventing Gun…
Listen to Winona LaDuke at the Treaty People Gathering
By Geoff Browning: I had the pleasure of hearing Winona LaDuke, an indigenous activist, author, and water protector, speak at the Tribal People Gathering in northern Minnesota earlier this month. The Treaty People Gathering was…Why I’m Going to Treaty People Gathering
Hundreds of people are attending Treaty People Gathering in Minnesota this weekend. Many of us are attending as part of an interfaith delegation with the support of GreenFaith, and some of us are members of…
We’re Hiring a Manager of Communications and Digital Organizing
The application period for this position is now closed. We are reviewing applications and no longer accepting new ones. The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship seeks a half-time manager of communications and digital organizing to create, implement,…
April 2021 Report from PPF Accompaniment Consejo Meeting
Written by Tricia Lloyd-Sidle, Accompaniment Consejo member At our last (March 2021) meeting, a leader from Agua Prieta said, “it means a lot that you ask, ‘how are you’? And you really care about the…
No Air
There is no air between the treatment of Palestinians under the Israeli occupation, and the treatment of Black or indigenous people in the United States. There is shared history, shared ideology, shared methods, and a…