An essay I wrote about the history of my home neighborhood of Kenilworth in Washington DC was recently included in the second edition of this well-regarded book highlighting the residential side of America's famous capital city.

Experience with writing, photography, and design in an international context has led to my work appearing online and in print in support of international humanitarian and relief work.

The text of a eulogy I wrote and delivered at my cousin, and best friend, Glen Lapp's memorial service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  He was killed in Afghanistan in August of 2010, while returning from a medical trip to the remote province of Nuristan.

"What's the son of an Amish-Mennonite reverend doing in Kenilworth Courts?  Going after kiddie car thieves."

Cover story I wrote for the Nov. 17, 2006 edition of the Washington City Paper, Washington DC's alternative weekly.  Lots of street-level action of my activism combating the spike in stolen auto joyriding in Kenilworth 2003 - 2006, with parallels to my father's experience as a missionary pastor there.

Growing up in the urban black culture of Kenilworth in Washington DC, my siblings and I looked like rural Amish Mennonites but didn't always talk that way.

Some lines from my experience as a white man in Kenilworth, Washington DC.

During March and April 2007 I had a run of columns published in Dawn - a Pakistani English-language newspaper - one a week in their Saturday edition.  They were short pieces featuring something I found interesting about Islamabad life and accompanied by an original photo.  Inside you can find all eight of these slices of Pakistani life.

Some lines from my experience as a US expatriate in Pakistan.

Some thoughts on writing as work, and the attitude toward work passed down to me by my father (a preacher) and grandfather (a farmer).  Published in Divided City , spring 2006.

A water leak from an underground pipe running through a Kenilworth meadow grows an unexpected delight.  Published in The Washington Post, October 27, 2005.

Examining the the urban 'hood culture's fascination with catastrophe.  Published in The Washington Post, February 12, 2004.