As we enter the 2020 election season I have been trying to do more writing for local and regional outlets here in Pennsylvania. This morning I have an op-ed on the impeachment trial at LNP/Lancaster On-Line (formerly Intelligencer Journal-Lancaster New Era). ...
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Lancaster Online Covers the *Christianity Today* Editorial Calling for Trump’s Removal
Here is Earle Cornelius’s piece, including remarks from Greg Carey and yours truly: Greg Carey, professor of New Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary, said Christianity Today’s editorial offers cover for evangelicals who do not support the president. “There have always...
Jess King: A Mennonite Running for Congress
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjDMETEIpiQ&w=560&h=315] This is not my district, but I live close to its borders. I have written before about the way Christianity has been fueling the Democratic candidates for Congress in south-central Pennsylvania. (Also see this post on Lutheran minister...
The Revitalization of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Are you interested in revitalizing your city, town or neighborhood? Thomas Friedman’s New York Time‘s piece on Lancaster, Pennsylvania is worth your time. Here is a taste: Can Lancaster’s successes be replicated? Yes. Its problems are global and the strategies Lancaster...
Lecture at Lancaster.Org
Yesterday I drove down to Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a lecture at LancasterHistory.Org, the product of a merger between two historical organizations in Lancaster: The Lancaster Historical Society and the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. As I have written...
Weekend in Gettysburg and Lancaster
I started off the weekend in Gettysburg where I visited the brand new (July 2013) Seminary Ridge Museum. This is a must stop the next time you are in Gettysburg. The museum, which is located on the campus of the...
Paxton Boys/Conestoga Massacre Conference Wrap-Up
Philadelphia awaits the arrival of the Paxton Boys If you have been reading The Way of Improvement Leads Home this weekend, you know that I spent parts of Friday and Saturday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the McNeil Center mini-conference to commemorate the 250th anniversary...
Conestoga Massacre and Paxton Boys Conference
Here is the information:The “Paxton Boys” and the Conestoga Massacre: 250 Years Later13-14 December 2013Lancaster, PA December 14, 2013 will mark the 250th anniversary of the Conestoga Massacre, a horrific landmark in the history of Pennsylvania and colonial North America. In lieu...