My Favorite Photos From a Year of Travel

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This was my year of travel–so much travel. I touched 24 countries and every continent in my search for Christian history. And along the way I stopped to take some photos. I thought I’d share some of my favorites here. Pretty much everywhere I traveled I was accompanied by Stephen McCaskell and his drone; I asked if he’d allow me to share some of his best overhead shots as well. So here we are: A gallery of photos from around the world. We’ll start with one of Stephen and me…

Ecuador

India

Switzerland

Zambia

New Zealand

South Korea

Scotland

England

Northern Ireland

New England

China

Brazil

France

Hawaii

Australia

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