Iraq

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.

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 [...]

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

Tom C. Davis 1-01-2007
How can we abide the deaths of so many children?
Duane Shank 1-01-2007
It's time for the troops to come home.
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).

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.

James Loney 12-01-2006

Christian Peacemakers on captivity in Iraq.

Joan Chittister 9-01-2006
Has the world changed? Or have we?
Erik K. Gustafson 9-01-2006
Soldier-candidates offer a firsthand perspective on the Iraq war.