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…
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…
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…
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…
Dear Commissioners & Advisory Delegates: A Briefing of the Issues GA224
Dear Commissioners and Advisory Delegates to the 224th Presbyterian General Assembly, Thank you for your service to our church in this year of global pandemic and mass uprisings against white supremacy and police brutality. What…
“Social Justice is our Love Lived in the World” Peace Camp Devotional by Bruce Reyes-Chow
"Social justice is our love lived in the world; social justice is about understanding what is unjust in the world and stepping into those spaces so that we can part of healing and of new…
Taking Action – BLACK LIVES MATTER
Resources for this time of uprising Register here for our Virtual Coffee Hour this Friday. We be connecting with Israel-Palestine Mission Network about the upcoming action to counter Christian Zionism, and we will also take…
A Prayer for Pentecost in Uprising – BLACK LIVES MATTER
Written by PPF Activist Council member Timothy Wotring Go here for resources to support and connect with the uprisings and organizing for justice for George Floyd. O God of raging fires O Jesus, who looted…
The Body of Christ in Action
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. The eye cannot say to the hand,…