Replicating Nabataean Jewelry

Replicating Nabataean Jewelry

A Copper Bracelet As mentioned in a previous article, I determined to craft two different replicas of Nabataean material culture, each of which is not available on the open market. The first thing I tackled was the subject of jewelry. There have been astounding finds...
Celebratory vintage bottled

Celebratory vintage bottled

What is a celebration without wine?   Fascinated by wine’s history, art, and science, Brock Meier has long made the wonderful elixir. His parents before him made wine, as did his father’s father. Though not working as professional vintners, these...
Inscribed in stone

Inscribed in stone

Inscribed in stone The Nabataeans are famously known today for their carved-stone memorial tombs in the ancient city of Petra, or as they named it—Raqmu. Each year, around a million people travel to Raqmu/Petra (named as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World), to...
Bob Bennett is booked

Bob Bennett is booked

Book launch for The Stone Cutter features special music…   The Stone Cutter was, in part, inspired by the haunting and jubilant song “Man of the Tombs,” by the consummate songwriter/singer/guitarist Bob Bennett. Among his many accolades, Bob has...
Cultivation of Words

Cultivation of Words

Adventure A remarkable, and entirely unexpected adventure has occupied the last few years of my life. I have written elsewhere (A Peculiar Darkness: Afterword) concerning the details of this journey through the composition of my first novel. I not only did not...
What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

Questions When people discover that I am an author, they sometimes ask, “So, do you write Christian books?” Earlier in my writing career, I was often perplexed by the question, but I’m now more prepared with an answer. I usually bounce the question back to them. “So,...