A common question for people who have read the book or have seen the documentary is “What happened to the Mennonites who were deported from Khiva in 1935?” I devote a section of Pilgrims on the Silk Road to the…
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Charting Ideas Through Time
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Google just released a new tool called Ngram that compiles keywords from their vast library of scanned books. It charts these keywords from the 16th century to 2008. This makes Ngram a wonderful tool for seeing the rise and fall…
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Zombies, Cher and The Apocalypse in London
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I leave in a few hours to head back across the Pond. Here are a few thoughts on a productive trip to AP’s HQ and the University of Westminster conference. On Friday, I went straight from the red-eye flight into…
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The Mennonites of Khiva, A Modernizing Community
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The Mennonites of Khiva: A Modernizing Community For more information about the conference where this presentation was given, click here. Transcript: This talk is about the Mennonites of Ak Metchet and their role a s a modernizing community The three…
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Apocalyptic Debacle or Christian-Muslim Paradigm?
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The Mennonite Trek to Khiva: Apocalyptic Debacle or Christian-Muslim Paradigm For more information about the colloquium where this presentation was given, click here. Transcript: I am speaking this morning about the Mennonite migration to Khiva in the late 19th century.…
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Forgiveness – The Heart Of The Matter
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Heinrich Abrams was murdered the night Turkoman bandits had come to steal his wife. For months the bandits had stolen livestock and broken into the homes of Mennonites living along the Amu Darya river. Each time, the Mennonites refused to retaliate…
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On The Road This Summer
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Mid-summer is here, and we have spent the past seven months working hard to spread the word about Pilgrims on the Silk Road. We have lots of great news to share with you about the book and its companion documentary “Through the Desert Goes…
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Libraries picking up Pilgrims book
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A quick look at WorldCat shows that orders from libraries are starting to roll in for Pilgrims on the Silk Road. Here are a few listing the book in their catalogues: Princeton Theological Seminary University of Missouri-Columbia Eastern Mennonite University…
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2010 Trek to Khiva
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Retracing the Great Trek along the Silk Road has become an annual event for Mennonites who descended from the original trekkers. This year, the tour to Khiva happens from May 23 – June 3, 2010. Click here to find out…
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First Book Newsletter
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Here’s a recent promotional letter. Thanks everyone for the great response! ————————————- Greetings, I want to let you know about my new book from Wipf and Stock Publishers called Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva. Pilgrims…
