by Robert Rhodes | Apr 3, 2003 | News
All 15 Christian Peacemaker Teams personnel who were in Baghdad have left or been expelled from Iraq, and a vehicle crash complicated the departure for some of them. Two CPT members, including a Mennonite pastor from Seattle, were injured March 28 when their vehicle...
by Robert Rhodes | Mar 28, 2003 | News
When the American onslaught of “shock and awe” hit Baghdad the night of March 21, several members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were huddled in their room at the Al-Daar Hotel, reading aloud from Gandhi’s writings. The crushing volley lasted nearly...
by Robert Rhodes | Feb 20, 2003 | News
Since March 2002, Mennonite Central Committee worker Edward Miller has been living in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, offering the solitary witness of an American Christian to the Iraqi people. The child of MCC workers, Miller, 31, is a graduate of Goshen (Ind.) College....
by Robert Rhodes | Feb 6, 2003 | Opinion
Since before the time of Magellan, many who have sailed in the shadow of the unknown have lost their lives, going unheralded and forgotten except by a few. Even if we remain blithely unaware of them in this distractable age, the Magellans of today are the men and...
by Robert Rhodes | Jan 9, 2003 | News
Ever since 9/11 – and even before – the concept of martyrdom has been freighted with a fanatic madness that defies legitimate faith. That a person could become a martyr for spiritual beliefs, or even for political or social convictions, has become bound to...
