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Nice Review In Central Asian/Caucuses Journal

January 30, 2012
Nice Review In Central Asian/Caucuses Journal

Check out this nice review appearing in a research journal produced by the Turkish think tank Uluslararası Stratejik Arastirmalar Kurumu (International Strategic Research Organisation/USAK). It’s good to see the exposure Pilgrims on the Silk Road is receiving: Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studies Volume: 5 Issue: 10 (2010), 165-168. Kitap İncelemeleri /...
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Pilgrims book wins gold from Reader’s Favorite awards

September 1, 2011
Pilgrims book wins gold from Reader’s Favorite awards

This week, Pilgrims on the Silk Road won a gold medal in the nonfiction war writing category from the Reader’s Favorite review site. Not bad for a book about a pacifist community and their peaceful response to Muslims. Yet, the context in which the Mennonites of Pilgrims engaged their Muslim neighbors was among the...
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“Art in the First Person” in Elan magazine

June 13, 2011
“Art in the First Person” in Elan magazine

Check out my “Art in the First Person” article in the latest issue of Elan, an arts magazine in Northern Virginia: An Author in Search of a Story: Retracing a Long-Forgotten Trek by Walter Ratliff A few flakes of white paint clinging to the rusting, sun-shaped ironwork of the gate fell away as I...
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Special events near Vancouver: May 28 & 29

May 17, 2011
Special events near Vancouver: May 28 & 29

The Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia is graciously hosting me for a two special events at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, BC. On Saturday, May 28, at 7:00pm we’ll have a screening of Through the Desert Goes Our Journey. On Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm, I’ll deliver a presentation about the Mennonites of Pilgrims...
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“Art in the First Person” in Elan magazine

June 13, 2011

Check out my “Art in the First Person” article in the latest issue of Elan, an arts magazine in...
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Upcoming Conference at Georgetown

May 13, 2011

In a few weeks, I’ll be presenting my research about the Mennonites of Pilgrims On The Silk Road alongside...
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Georgetown Film Screening & Book Talk

April 4, 2011

The next event on the calendar is the a screening of Through the Desert Goes Our Journey and a...
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The Year of the Book

December 23, 2010

It has been quite a year for Agile Arts and the Ratliff family. We feel very blessed to have...
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The Film

“Grandfather Lantern” and a Photographic Pioneer

“Grandfather Lantern” and a Photographic Pioneer

I recently came across an article from the Uzbek Academy of the Arts magazine about the first Uzbek photographer, and his Mennonite mentor. There are some great photos in the article, and it discusses a bit about Divanov’s relationship with Wilhelm Penner, the Mennonite teacher at Ak Metchet. Check out Through the Desert Goes Our...

The Trek

The Continuing Voyages… The Continuing Voyages…

Pilgrims reader Celeste Kennel-Shank reminded me of a couple of articles by others who...

Return to Ak Metchet Return to Ak Metchet

View Great Mennonite Trek to Central Asia in a larger map (June 6, 2007)...

Interlude in Bukhara Interlude in Bukhara

View Bukhara in a larger map (June 4, 2007) We spent most of the...

Back to Serabulak Back to Serabulak

View Larger Map (June 3, 2007) Today we made the journey from Samarkand to...


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