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On the Line Articles

These articles were written by Anne Meyer Byler for the bi-monthly "On the Line for Peace" pages in On the Line, a periodical for youth ages 9-14 from the Mennonite Publishing Network. You can print off the pages, but not save or copy the contents.

Topical Index

Activities

    * "A Lantern Festival--Make a Peace Lantern"
    * "Make Your Own Christmas Gift Wraps"
    * "Peace Poles"
    * "Plant a Peace Garden"

Africa

    * "Moshoeshoe I"
    * "Maximilian (about A.D. 300)"
    * "Marcellus (A.D. 298, Morocco)"

African-Americans

    * "Thinking About Slavery"

Alternatives to War

    * "Bombs Away: A Fable for These Menacing Times"
    * "Guard Duty with a Hoe (WWI Conscientious Objectors)"

Biblical Information

    * "A Peace Puzzle"
    * "Christians in the Army? Part I"
    * "Christians in the Army? Part II"
    * "Jesus in the Temple"
    * "What is Falling From Your Sky?"

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT)

    * "It's Not Just History: Matthew Bailey-Dick, CPT Canada"
    * "Peggy Gish and Her Extraordinary Work"
    * "Let's Walk Through a Asubpeeschoseewagong Forest"
    * "What is Falling from Your Sky?"

Colombia

    * "What is Falling From Your Sky?"

Iraq

    * "Peggy Gish and Her Extraordinary Work"
    * "What If?.... and 'Bombs Away: A Fable for These Menacing Times'"
    * "Islam Means Peace"

Islam

    * "Islam Means Peace"

Native Peoples/First Nations

    * "It's Not Just History: Matthew Bailey-Dick, CPT Canada"
    * "We Care About Names"
    * "Let's Walk Through a Asubpeeschoseewagong Forest"

News Media

    * "'Watching' the News: Who's Covering PEACE?"
    * "Watch Out for Doublespeak!"

Peacemakers of Long Ago

    * "Guard Duty with a Hoe (WWI Conscientious Objectors)"
    * "Moshoeshoe I"
    * "Maximilian (about A.D. 300)"
    * "Marcellus (A.D. 298, Morocco)"

Peacemakers of Today

    * "Violence that Didn't Happen"
    * "It's Not Just History: Matthew Bailey-Dick, CPT Canada"
    * "Pray...and ACT: Middle schoolers, Goshen, IN"

Pledges of Allegiance

    * "Where's Your Allegiance?"

Puzzles/Quizes

    * "A Peace Puzzle"
    * "Take A Quiz: African-Americans in the United States"

Racism

    * "Thinking About Slavery"

Slavery

    * "Thinking About Slavery"

War

    * "Christians in the Army? Part I"
    * "Christians in the Army? Part II"