The Voice of a Teacher
Fredrica Harris Thompsett delivered this eulogy for the memorial Eucharist in celebration of the life and ministry of Verna Dozier (1917-2006) at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill.  [posted 10/6/06]

In Memoriam: Dr. Verna J. Dozier
Jane Holmes Dixon gives thanks for the life and powerfully prophetic ministry of Dr. Verna J. Dozier.  [posted 9/9/06]

Held in a Circle of Women: A Requiem for Jeanie Wylie-Kellermann
Herb Gunn offers a powerful tribute to former Witness editor Jeanie Wylie-Kellerman.  [posted 1/18/06]

The Way Home
Dee Dee Risher offers a poem in honor of former Witness editor Jeanie Wylie-Kellerman.  [posted 1/13/06]

Jeanie Wylie-Kellerman, Rest in Peace
Jeanie Wylie-Kellerman, former editor and publisher of The Witness, crossed over to the other side at 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve; we give thanks for her life and powerful witness.  [posted 1/2/06]

Whose Romero Did We Celebrate?
Recently in El Salvador, during the 25th anniversary of Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero's martyrdom, many people sought out their own image of the former archbishop. As Richard Bower reports, some remember the pastor/prophet, and others, the disturber of church and society.  [posted 4/20/05]

Steven Tsosie Plummer
In thanksgiving and celebration for the life and ministry of Steven Tsosie Plummer, first Navajo bishop in the Episcopal Church, The Witness offers a series of personal tributes.  [posted 4/14/05]

Patricia Simpson-Turner
In thanksgiving and celebration of the life and witness of church lay leader and anti-racism activist Pat Simpson-Turner. The Witness shares the homily from her January 29, 2005 memorial service and personal tributes to her tireless ministry.  [posted 2/5/05]

Robert L. DeWitt
The Rt. Rev. Robert L. DeWitt, former Bishop of Pennsylvania and Editor of The Witness, Dies at Age 87.  [posted 1/18/05]

For Margaret Hassan
The imprisonment and eventual murder of British aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq pained people across the world. Christine Rodgers pays testimony to Hassan with two haunting poems, one written during her captivity and one following her death. (Originally posted December 3, 2004.)  [posted 1/12/05]

William Stuart-Whistler
William Stuart-Whistler (1925 - 2004), Engineer and Nuclear Abolition Activist, Dies at 79. (Originally posted November 24, 2004.)  [posted 12/16/04]

The Doleful Dignity of Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield seems an unlikely character for reflecting on faith, but Joseph Wakelee-Lynch notes that comedy has always had a place in the Gospel message. He pays tribute to this perennial put-upon loser. (Originally posted October 28, 2004.)  [posted 2/4/05]

Remembering Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire
Ronald Reagan labeled the USSR the "evil empire," but Irene Monroe remembers a different regime deserving that title. A onetime fundamentalist Christian, she chooses the word "evil" carefully, yet deliberately. (Originally posted July 9, 2004.)  [posted 1/7/05]

J. Severino Croatto
In Thanksgiving and Celebration for the Life of J. Severino Croatto, March 19, 1930 - April 26, 2004. (Originally posted May 15, 2004.)  [posted 1/18/05]

U.S. Soldier Kills Former Green Beret & Admits Priest Was "Brutalized"
Eric Haney served as leader of a special Delta Force counterterrorist unit during the Sandinista period. His recent book admits to killing his former roommate in Honduras. In a radio interview, he also acknowledged that a Jesuit priest -- whose body is still missing -- was tortured before death. (Originally posted on January 28, 2004).  [posted 1/7/05]