Tagged Iraq

US Missile Strike in Syria: What You Should Know

March 1, 2021

Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

We cannot bomb our way to peace. What is imperative is that we don’t lose sight of the civilians and families whose homes and communities in Syria and Iraq bear the brunt of these never-ending proxy wars fought between the US, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and others.

Rising Together with Preemptive Love

Lindsay Tevebaugh

December 12, 2019

Immigration & Refugees, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

We can all rise together.

Beyond the Diminished Cross

July 18, 2014

General, Global

JULY 18, 2014 | BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- There is a lot more to the cross of Jesus than you are likely to learn from those who endlessly say...

Remembering the Amiriyah Shelter Massacre in Iraq

Shane Claiborne

February 13, 2014

General, Global

FEB 13, 2014 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the U.S. bombing of the Amiriyah Shelter in Iraq.There is no...

Children Steamroll Weapons in Iraq

Shane Claiborne

October 30, 2013

General, Global

OCT 30, 2013 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- After a terrible year of violence killing nearly 6, 000 people in Iraq, and dozens dead in recent...

Now on the Red Carpet: Jeremy Courtney

Margot Starbuck

October 7, 2013

General, Global

OCT 7, 2013 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK -- In the war-torn country of Iraq, Jeremy Courtney, his family, and their small team, patterned their...

Syria. Why history matters.

September 11, 2013

General, Global

SEPT 11, 2013 | BY: CARL MEDEARIS -- Did you know that the oldest church building is found in Syria? It’s in a small village on the banks...

Now on the Red Carpet: Sami Rasouli

Margot Starbuck

August 5, 2013

General, Global, Interfaith

AUGUST 5, 2013 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK -- He’d been living in Minnesota when, in 2003, Sami Rasouli returned to his homeland of Iraq...

Memorial Day and the Sacrificed

May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013 | BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- There is much talk about sacrifice at this time a year. Much of it is misleading. Without...

Was the Iraq War Worth It? A Christian Reflection for the Tenth Anniversary of the Invasion

March 20, 2013

BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- Was the invasion of Iraq worth it? Not by any definition of “worth” that I believe is supported by the gospel...