[caption id="attachment_1254" align="alignright" width="320"] Rev. John Lathrop (1740 - 1816)[/caption] Which Appeared on June 16, 1806 Delivered on the Lord’s…
September 20, 2016 marks 40 years since KLYT-FM in Albuquerque, NM went on the air. It's the station where I…
Here is a recent essay that deals with my research and its place in the broader conversation about the role…
Prior to the Egyptian military's coup d'état in July 2013, Coptic Evangelicals were faced with rising hostilities directed at the country's…
On William Shakepeare’s 450th birthday, it's worth taking stock of the depth of the Bard’s writing that has sustained his work…
Here is a recent essay that deals with my research and its place in the broader conversation about the role of religion in public life. It’s a bit of an update on my doctoral work at Georgetown as I move…
Prior to the Egyptian military’s coup d’état in July 2013, Coptic Evangelicals were faced with rising hostilities directed at the country’s ancient Christian community. This took place amid widespread unrest and a shattered economy. The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS)…
On William Shakepeare’s 450th birthday, it’s worth taking stock of the depth of the Bard’s writing that has sustained his work through the centuries. Hamlet in particular emerges as a perennial favorite and perhaps the most popular of his plays. Themes about the…
In Gaziantep, Turkey, the children at a local orphanage were recently asked to write about what they wished for most in life. The exercise was designed to help them think about their goals for the future. However, one child took…
A recent Journal of Mennonite Studies article offers a wide ranging discussion about the Mennonite experience in the far-flung edges of the Russian Empire up through the Soviet era. In the article, Royden Loewen and Paul Toews survey the century-long debate about the Mennonite…
Check out this review of my book in a research journal produced by the think tank Uluslararası Stratejik Arastirmalar Kurumu (International Strategic Research Organisation/USAK) in Turkey. It’s good to see the exposure Pilgrims on the Silk Road is receiving: Journal…
This review appeared in the June issue of The Mennonite Historian. The reviewer is Ahmet Şeyhun, Professor of Islamic/Middle Eastern History at the University of Winnipeg. I consider it a great compliment that he gives his stamp of approval to the Islamic and…
This profile was printed in The Kansan newspaper just prior to the premiere of Through the Desert Goes Our Journey: The Mennonite Trek to Central Asia at the Bethel Fall Festival back in 2008. I thought Melanie Zuercher did a…
September 20, 2016 marks 40 years since KLYT-FM in Albuquerque, NM went on the air. It’s the station where I got my start in broadcasting, and it’s been an important part of the lives of its listeners for four decades.…
