June 21, 2016
Spiritual movements produce bizarre and often cult-like offshoots. Nowhere is this truer than in Brazil. The explosion of Christian faith in Latin America, and indeed in […]
June 14, 2016
If you think you have grasped the history of Argentina by seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, or having heard “Don’t cry for me, Argentina,” at least […]
June 6, 2016
What do you do when your country is in free fall? When lineups for basic foodstuffs wind around the block, and hours later when you get […]
March 24, 2016
We stood at the dividing line of North and South Korea, the 38th Parallel. North Korean soldiers, ramrod stiff, peered at us through binoculars as we […]
January 19, 2016
Over the past few years, in travelling to many countries, I’ve discovered the footprints of the Spirit, and in Dispatches written about them. Baker has published […]
January 5, 2016
ISIS WHAT IS IT? WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WHAT IS ITS INTENT? WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE? (A Four Part Series) ISIS Part I What it […]
December 22, 2015
The twin engine plane banked to the left, as we skirted the beach and lined up for the island runway. Something bright and orange caught my […]
December 15, 2015
Has ISIS peaked? Will it soon fall into ruins, as all madly driven and ferocious movements seem to do? Its sudden rise as global terrorist #1 […]
December 9, 2015
How did a group of religiously fanatical warriors grab hold of world media, shock us with blood-spattered video, shame us with growing fear, and sweep across […]