On another note, the presiding bishop of my church has asked Episcopalians to join her in supporting the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq. In doing so, she joins with many, many church groups. Here they are:

Adventist Peace Fellowship • American Friends Service Committee • Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America • Brethren Witness • Catholic Peace Fellowship • Christian Alliance for Progress • Christian Peacemaker Teams • Disciples Peace Fellowship • Episcopal Peace Fellowship • Every Church a Peace Church • Kairos: A Time to Speak, A Time to Act • Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center • Leadership Conference of Women Religious • Lutheran Peace Fellowship • Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns • Methodist Federation for Social Action • No2Torture • On Earth Peace • Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service • Pax Christi USA • Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship • Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA • Presbyterian Peace Fellowship • Protestants for the Common Good • Sisters of Mercy of the Americas • Sojourners/Call to Renewal • United Church of Christ (Justice and Witness Ministries).

I have trouble with mass witness, whether it is sponsored by my colleagues and coreligionists or by what one of my old friends has called The Billy Graham Religion. Still, if I were able to go to Washington on March 16th and join these good people I would go. As it is I join their common prayer for a just end to this war.