By: Bill Galvin, PPF Activist Council Member and Counseling Coordinator at the Center on Conscience & War I was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. I have known since then that violence and war…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubyQ4U8tyPA A Sermon by Rev. Ben Daniel at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, California February 27, 2022 Luke 9:34-36 In my sermon last week, I spoke a bit about how the situation in Ukraine was…
God, We sigh. We sigh because words cannot express our anguish, our hurt, our despair, knowing that siblings in Ukraine are fleeing their homes for their lives, that the cities and towns that hold memories…
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…
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…
“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…
This post is written by Bill Galvin, a long-time PPF Activist Council member and staff at The Center on Conscience & War in Washington, D.C. One hundred years ago the world was embroiled in the…
The 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) was one of the most positive church experiences I’ve had in a long time. There were moments of disappointment and frustration, as always, but I sit…