Dialogue

Good to visit with Virginia Wesleyan College adjunct instructor Wayne Lavender. An ordained United Methodist pastor, Lavender lived in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah in Northern Iraq from 2011 to 2013 before returning to the U.S. to work with several non-profit organizations in the area. He taught at the University of Human Development and was a consultant to the Kurdistan regional government. He had authored several books including "Counting Ants While the Elephants March By," "Evelyn and Damon: A Story of Love and Peace" and "The Sweet Smell of Apples." Mostly recently, he published: "The Worldwide View of Redemptive Violence in the U.S." He is currently Director of the Foundation4Orphans.