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.
Iraq
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.
Administrator 4-27-2007
Bill Moyers Journal aired a great program Wednesday night called "Buying the War," a commentary asking how the mainstream press got Iraq and the question about WMDs so wrong in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion. You can
Administrator 3-26-2007
As part of the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, more than 200 local vigils were organized around the U.S. - plus Canada and the U.K. - to coincide with the D.C. service, march, and vigil at the White House. This is an account of one of those local vigils:
I, along with four others from our congregation, [...]
Administrator 3-19-2007
Look for more coverage soon, but here's a first look at Friday night's Christian Peace Witness for Iraq in Washington, D.C., as marchers flooded 16th Street on their way to the White House:
photo by Ryan [...]
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 3-01-2007
Three Christian Peacemaker Teams members who were held captive for 118 days in Iraq met in Britain last December—after police asked them to testify in the trial of their alleged captors&mdash
Laurel Mathewson 1-01-2007
More than 133 people, many of them prominent religious leaders, were arrested on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in September.
F. William Hodge 12-01-2006
I read with great interest Stacia Brown’s article on conscientious objectors in the military (“Valor, Honor, Conscience,” September-October 2006).
Harmeet Singh Sooden 12-01-2006
I have always been uncomfortable with the designation “peacemaker.” “Makers” usually have an intimate relationship with their craft.
Peggy Gish 12-01-2006
The faces of our Iraqi partners showed pain and worry in April 2006 when we asked them whether Christian Peacemaker Teams should continue to work in Iraq after Jim, Harmeet, Norman, and Tom had bee
Rose Marie Berger 12-01-2006
Tom Fox was profoundly affected by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
