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Charting Ideas Through Time

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…

Forgiveness – The Heart Of The Matter

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…

On The Road This Summer

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…

Libraries picking up Pilgrims book

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…

2010 Trek to Khiva

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…

First Book Newsletter

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…