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Disobedience for Peace
by Marjorie Ford
My “big” sister couldn’t imagine her 61-year-old “little” sister getting arrested. But when I learned that thousands of Christians would march in Washington, D.C., to protest the Iraq war, I signed up for it all—nonviolence training, the National Cathedral service, the four-mile march to the White House and the civil disobedience that would get me arrested.
The arrest is only part of the story. Learn how Marjorie shared her faith with her arresting officer and witnessed to peace. Read the full text of this article in the November/December 2007 issue of Horizons.
Marjorie Ford is a freelance writer and deacon at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona. She works as a counselor, specializing in guided imagery.
Photo by Marjorie Ford
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