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Iraq
Jim Wallis 1-01-2008
Christian support for the Iraq war raises the critical question: To whom do we belong?
Diana Trepesowsky 12-01-2007
Sojourners magazine was recommended to me by my brother-in-law, so I sent away for a free trial issue.
Jim Wallis 9-01-2007
The war in Iraq should never have been fought, cannot be won, and must now be ended.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 9-01-2007
William Cavanaugh 7-01-2007
History does not tend to be kind to Christian theologians who demand war.
In a New York Times article titled "A Catholic Debate Mounts on the Meaning of 'Just War'" published
Khristine Hopkins 6-01-2007
Though I have stood weekly at a vigil for the last five years, been in several marches, and even participated in civil disobedience, I have never had the opportunity to do direct action in an inten
Bill Wylie-Kellermann 6-01-2007
Ambassadors. I'm a sometimes preacher, these days a Methodist holding forth among an Episcopal congregation in Detroit.
Rose Marie Berger 6-01-2007
Our children are coming home from the front lines- and they have questions.
Bob Francis 6-01-2007
I WATCHED FOR MONTHS as many of my coworkers devoted themselves to preparation for the Christian Peace Witness, including weeks of negotiation for the civil disobedience.
Helen LaKelly Hunt 6-01-2007
Rollercoaster feelings all around began with the storming weather that day. While it kept many away, for those gathered in the National Cathedral it seemed to enhance the energy of the evening.
Jenny Duskey 6-01-2007
I was born just before the United States entered World War II, and I've been participating in peace walks and vigils since the war in Vietnam. This was one of the best organized and deeply felt.
Jim King 6-01-2007
Walking beside me was our 15-year-old son, David, and Odess Monsanje, from Zambia, who is living with us for a year.
Laurel Mathewson 6-01-2007
As we stepped out of the cathedral, wind blew snow from the rooftops, past the lit windows of the Cotswold-like cottage beside the cathedral.
Larisa Friesen 6-01-2007
From my seat in the balcony in the National Cathedral, I realized that the crowd I saw numbered nearly the same as the number of American soldiers who had fallen in the last four years.
Phyllis Taylor 6-01-2007
As a Jewish person in this Christian peace witness, I felt affirmed and welcomed by the other participants.
Amy Yarnell 6-01-2007
The depth of my sorrow for the loss of life on all sides seems beyond expression.