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Whether you're a long-time supporter or new to PPF, we invite you to explore our posts, share your thoughts, and join the conversation. Together, we can build a more just and peaceful world, one story at a time.
It's time for the PC(USA) to join the global movement for divestment from Fossil Fuels
With this recommendation to divest from five fossil fuel companies, the PCUSA also has the opportunity to support a wide array of climate and environmental justice overtures and recommendations in our General Assembly. We must be willing as a denomination to boldly support these endeavors from a place of faith...
We Don’t Build Peace by Avoiding Tension
The work of peace-making that Dr. King was calling us towards all those years ago is coming to fruition in the modern movement to abolish the prison industrial complex.
We are all those disciples who come to Jesus worn out by the scarcity mindset we’ve inherited from capitalism, and Jesus calls us to try a new way - God’s way - a way of abundance.
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 famously declared, “If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall.” With those words...
The Third Displacement
Reflecting on the situations families are facing in trying to seek justice under the law, this pastor asked, “Is the law just the strong hand of the rich?”It seems like the answer is yes. The IPC keeps pushing for peace with justice, and keeps accompanying the victims and survivors of violence. Our role is to keep listening, keep learning, and keep walking alongside the IPC as they raise these questions.
Guns2Gardens: Become a disarming congregation
Holding space for grief and trauma is why we are asking churches to become disarming congregations. We want to end gun violence and to do so involves more than just taking guns out of homes. Churches can be agents of transformation for not just the gun as it is disarmed and turned into a garden tool, but also for people.
Leaving with more questions
When people have experienced violence or committed acts of violence, what is justice? We have heard it several times, "without justice, we can't have peace."
Violence in Afghanistan not inevitable
The crisis in Afghanistan right now as the United States pulls out after two decades of war is only inevitable (as President Biden has said it is) if we think war is inevitable. The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship condemns military action by any party to a conflict, holding it to be usually counter-productive and always contrary to the Christian gospel.
Committed to Peace
Think about what it’s like to have spent most, if not all, of your life from the time you were 15-18 years old camping, with no modern comforts, training and fighting with a group of people who become like family.
What is a Peace Church?
At some point, members of every congregation considering becoming a "peace church" must grapple with difficult questions, usually involving genocide, national defense, and respect for current and former members of the US military. Those questions can