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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Winter 2026:

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Coptic

Keeping in Mind the Martyrs

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, saint, art, story, martyrdom, church, Coptic

Honoring the Common

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, photography, selfie, Coptic

"ISIS Saw Strange Figures"

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, film, martyrdom, Coptic, terrorists

A Church Founded on Martyrs

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, sign, calendar, martyrdom

Presenting the Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, relic, saint

Coffins in the Center

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, death, worship

And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time

September 12, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, church, sacred space, sign, jesus

Relics of St George the Martyr

September 12, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, church, relic, sacred space, saint

The Hanging Church

September 11, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, Coptic, church, interior scene, architecture, size, Byzantine

The Trap of Bigness

September 10, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, power, church, Coptic

Insider/Outsider Icons

September 09, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, painting, icon, identity

The Holy Family in Egypt

September 09, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, icon, painting, church, identity, bible

Christmas Eve in the Cathedral

September 03, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, Christmas, church, Coptic

Not a Megachurch!

September 03, 2024
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, megachurch, size

As It Is in Heaven

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, church, painting, Coptic, jesus, mary, monastery
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