Rich Preheim is a freelance writer, blogger, and historian. He has served as director of Mennonite Church USA historical committee and as a reporter and editor for The Mennonite and Mennonite World Review. Preheim s writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Sojourners, the Christian Century, and Mennonite Quarterly Review. A native of South Dakota, Preheim has a bachelor s degree from Bethel College and a master s degree in journalism from Indiana University.