One of my favorite digital tools is My Maps<\/em><\/a> from Google, which lets anyone play cartographer. I\u2019ve used it for a variety of purposes: to show what our department\u2019s graduates have done with their History majors<\/a>; to illustrate how the people of one Christian college\u00a0experienced modern warfare<\/a>; to preview future tours<\/a> for my new travel company; and to help readers of this blog<\/a> explore the surprising religiosity of the Upper Midwest.\u00a0(It\u2019s also useful for teachers: I\u2019ve had students collaborate on these maps as a way of reviewing historical geography.)<\/em><\/p>\n So it occurred to me that\u00a0My Maps\u00a0<\/em>might also provide a unique way for people to experience the breadth and depth of our writing at\u00a0The Anxious Bench<\/em>. I went back through twelve months\u2019 worth of AB posts \u2014 plus a few older highlights \u2014 and tried to map as many as possible.<\/p>\n