"[N]onviolent noncooperation by young people has been one of the most greatest successes of the peace movement & of nonviolent direct action in past decades... has prevented a draft. We should thank young people for their service in reining in military expansionism." www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyiE...
Howard Thurman: "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
@anglicanpacifists.bsky.social @for-usa.bsky.social
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #HowardThurman #newlife #transformation #resurrection ⛪🕯️🙏
Henri Nouwen: "Dying to our brokenness is the beginning of new life."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #HenriNouwen #healing #brokenness #compassion #resurrection 🙏🕯️⛪
Dietrich Bonheoffer: "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil."
@bonhoeffersociety.bsky.social @unionseminary.bsky.social
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #Bonhoeffer #courage #sacrifice #justice 📕⛪🕯️
Archbishop Oscar Romero: "Aspire not to have more, but to be more."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #solidarity #justice #OscarRomero #sacrifice
The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas: "The crucifixion is the lynching tree, but resurrection means refusing to let it have the final word."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #resurrection #justice
"Our liturgy shouldn’t just inform our resistance; it needs to be our resistance. Liturgy, ritual and worship that remain contained to the walls of a building aren’t true worship. We have to pray with our feet and worship with our bodies." #holyweek #resistance #clergy #liturgy
Sister Helen Prejean: "People are more than the worst thing that they have ever done."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #HelenPrejean #humanity #dignity #compassion #justice 📕🕯️⛪🙏
Bishop William Barber II: "The comes a time when silence is betrayal."
@repairers.bsky.social
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #MLK #justice ⛪🕯️🙏📕
Archbishop Oscar Romero: "There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #OscarRomero #compassion 📕🕯️⛪🙏🇸🇻
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #justice #mutuality #prayer #Anglican #humanity 📕⛪🕯️🙏🇿🇦
Dorothy Day: "We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #DorothyDay #CatholicWorker #community #compassion ⛪🕯️🙏📕
“'While Oklahoma is often seen as 1 of the reddest states in the country, this moment shows what’s possible when people come together to stand up for their communities,' Scott said, adding the dev't at the Durant warehouse 'reflects the impact of people showing up, speaking out, & staying engaged.'”
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."
#StationsOfTheCross #HolyWeek #MLK #MLKJr #faith #prayer #justice #struggle 🙏⛪📕🕯️
Rev. Pauli Murray: "Hope is a song in a weary throat. Give me a song of hope and a world where I can sing it." @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social
#StationsOfTheCross #hope #HolyWeek #prayer #justice #Episcopal #PauliMurray ⛪📕🕯️🙏
Thank you to our EPF Rhode Island chapter, which helped inspire this groundbreaking interfaith vigil for peace. TY to Bishop Knisely, the RC Diocese of Providence, the RI Council of Churches, and all those who conceived & initiated this effort. Photos: Peter Michaelson, EPF-RI, used with permission
Bishop Barbara Harris: "If you don't want to stand out, then don't go into ministry. If you don't want to be a witness, then don't follow Jesus."
#StationsOfTheCross #FollowJesus #HolyWeek #prayer #witness #justice #Episcopal ⛪🕯️📕
Register now for "A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide," a joint #Episcopal - #Lutheran webinar on the new Kairos Palestine II call to action from Palestinian Christians.
#PalestineSolidarity #Kairos #kairos2 #ecumenical #listentopalestine RSVP via email to David Grafton (see below) 🇵🇸🍉☮️⛪
“War as a method of settling int'l. disputes is incompatible with the teaching & example of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Lambeth Conference) EPF denounces the joint US & Israeli military strikes on #Iran: "peace built on fear is an illusion." episcopalnewsservice.org/pressrelease...
Eight years ago, 17 people were killed and 17 more were injured in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Honor them with action by calling your Members of Congress at (202) 224-3121 to pass an #AssaultWeaponsBan.
Kendrick Simpson was executed Thursday morning. Death Penalty Action stood at the prison gates — joining in with the virtual vigil — to bear witness and honor his life.
All month long, we're dedicated to honoring Black voices that have amplified the call for nuclear abolition.
Today we honor Coretta Scott King, founder of the King Center, who advocated for peace and nuclear disarmament.
We need love and activism.
Join us: Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
"The message singles out by name #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti as fatal victims of “state-sanctioned violence” on #Minneapolis streets last month".
#ICE #Immigration
@migrationcaucus.bsky.social @episcopalpeace.bsky.social
@ncronline.bsky.social
@csmonitor.bsky.social @usccbofficial.bsky.social
Tomorrow (1/29) at 7:30 p.m., St John’s, Grand Haven invites you to a Requiem Mass for Peace for Victims of ICE Violence.
"All are welcome to join in prayer, light a candle, or simply to sit in shared silence."
See the event page here: vist.ly/4pfhp
It is 85 seconds to midnight.
The Doomsday Clock is an iconic symbol scientists use to show how close humanity is to global catastrophe.
These warnings exist so we can act.
Everyday people have real power to demand policies that reduce nuclear risk.
Join us: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
“In these days, I’m doubling down on the peacemaking practices I have within my power. They are often small, understated, and quiet, but in these days, we resist where and when we can.” - Bp. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, who will keynote EPF's Annual Mtg, Thursday 1/29/26. RSVP: bit.ly/EPF2026AMM
“To harm & even kill those who bear witness to what is happening—this is a bright-line moment for our country and our values,” Bp. Budde said in Minneapolis.“In our varied & united faith traditions, love of neighbor is not optional.” episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/01/23/e... #ICEOUT #ImmigrantJustice
“The Church cannot remain silent as fellow Episcopalians and members of our communities across the US are violently abducted by masked men, jailed in abhorrent conditions & removed w/o due process” Feb. 8th is Migration With Dignity Sunday episcopalnewsservice.org/pressrelease... #ImmigrantJustice ⛪
"Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Latin America/Caribbean: US...military force &disregard 4 human rts &int'l law sown deep seeds of human suffering, destabilized global cmty &fueled widespread anti-US sentiment...will blow back on us"~Bridget Moix @fcnl.bsky.social religionnews.com/2026/01/14/v...
"Peace & justice do not emerge from war & militarism: On the US invasion of Venezuela & its aftermath" -- a statement by EPF with @for-usa.bsky.social @irtf.bsky.social & other allies. episcopalnewsservice.org/pressrelease... #Venezuela #militarism #MLK #MLKday