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For the Beyond and the Be-near

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Writings

Books

Making Friends Among the Taliban: A Peacemaker’s Journey in Afghanistan (Herald Press, Harrisonburg, 2012)

These Are the Footings: A Kalahari Journal (Roaming Pen Press, Pittsburg, 2009)

Unless a Grain of Wheat: A Story of Friendship Between African Independent Churches and North American Mennonites (ed. Langham Global Library, UK, 2021)

Fortress Snows, Valley Jewels: Haiku of the Middle Himalaya (Chaitown Community, Kolkata, 2023)

Film

Weaving Life: On the Life and Death of Daniel Terry (Eastern Mennonite Communications, Harrisonburg, 2012)

Storyteller

Jonathan appears frequently in libraries, pulpits, schools and festivals as global storyteller drawing on a repertoire from across the world. Learn more about Jonathan here.

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