John Paul Stephens has asked if I could help compile a list of online tributes to our Tom Fox, the fallen Christian Peacemaker for FreetheCaptivesNow.org’sTom Fox Memorials page. I’ve started a list, now up on QuakerQuaker.org, that I’ll keep up for a few months. Any readers who know of something that should be included should either email me at martink-at-nonviolence-dot-org or tag it “for:martin_kelley” in Del.icio.us. Thanks. Here’s my list so far:
h3. See also:
* “FreetheCaptivesNow.org”:http://freethecaptivesnow.org/
* “Christian Peacemaker Watch”:http://www.quakerquaker.org/christian_peacemaker_teams/ over at Quakerquaker.org
* “My posts on the Christian Peacemaker witness”:/martink/cpt
* “A really nice page on Tom over at Electronic Iraq”:http://electroniciraq.net/news/2302.shtml
Quaker Ranter
A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley
Tag Archives ⇒ christian peacemaker teams
A time of sadness and prayer
March 11, 2006
Sad news coming over the internet: after 100 days of captivity, Christian Peacemaker Tom Fox was found dead yesterday in Iraq, the status of his three companions unknown.
The Christian Peacemaker Teams issued an elegant and heartfelt statement beginning “In grief we tremble before God who wraps us with compassion.” Fox knew the risk he was taking going to Iraq unarmed. But he also knew that this witness would mean more to the Iraqi people than a hundred tanks. He knew the war we Friends wage is the Lamb’s War, a war won not through strength but through meekness, our only weapon our humilty before God and our love of neighbor. My prayers are with his family and friends, may Christ’s comfort continue to hold them through these aching times.
More history and resources on my “Christian Peacemaker Team Watch”:http://www.quakerquaker.org/christian_peacemaker_teams/