Articles by William Lovell
The late Rev. Willam N. Lovell was on the staff of the National Council of Churches for 19 years until retirement in 1979. He served as Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Chicago from 1984 to 1996, was president of the North Shore Peace Institute for a number of years, co-founded Protestants for the Common Good, and also served as interim pastor of churches in the Chicago area. Throughout his entire life he was a powerful and compelling voice for peace. He was the recipient of the Peace Seeker Award by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
by William N. Lovell
But the Christian pacifist who is committed to the purpose and will of God as shown in Jesus Christ over and against any present crisis situation, whose antecedent causes and effects are complex and manifold, acknowledges his or her inability to provide a responsible solution to every particular evil, monstrous as it may be. Such a pacifist must be willing finally to have failed for not having an answer, in seeming defeat, in order to witness to love as the ultimate purpose of God over all.
