What books do you want to read?
There are far too many books that are considered vital to various communities which are the product of rampant plagiarism, outright fantasy fiction, and laced with rabbit-hole theories.
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Ocean lovers
Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.
At some point both my maternal and paternal ancestors turned to the ocean for their livelihood. Supposedly the choice came from our origins on the coast of west Africa. The number of people occupied with and attached to the ocean has yet to be catalogued, and may never be, but the range is also staggering: seafood lovers, lighthouse keeper, fisherman, harbour customs officer, and marine pilot. Go figure!
To be a battle-axe drenched in love and compassion and clarity
What’s your dream job?
To be on a team of teachers committed to the message of Christ without any of the night shadows that have accompanied the isms and schisms of the last 2000 years.
Contending for liberating truth
Scaremongering, imperial, serial colonialist rapist, and genocidal characteristics make great leaders.
What makes a good leader?
If I were in the current governing class in the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, the People’s Republic of China or Israel that would be my answer. But I am from a far away galaxy where leaders are compassionate servants of the people with a dependence on plows not weapons of mass destruction, and do not use walls to divide citizens and do not use the levers of power to enrich themselves and their friends.
The corporate entity disguised as human
If you could un-invent something, what would it be?
God once gave the Babylonian state the ability to emulate human attributes. The king and his advisors stumbled catastrophically. Since then practically every nation has made the same mistakes while claiming to be sources of goodness.
The ability to stop doing bad things and turn to doing good things
“‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’” (Daniel 4:27, NASB)
A massive twist of fate
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?
My wife and I lost a son when I was at college. As the end of my baccalaureate years closed in I was losing my respect for the campus community and felt less in common with the religious community whose interests I was supposed to champion. I would have left college with an unmistakably great academic record, lots of professional promise, record-breaking achievements, but with an opinion of the campus community that it did not deserve.
The entire community came to mourn with us. They brought food, they brought money, and they brought themselves, most just to sit silently with us. The love we felt was undisguised, genuine and is unforgettable. Every aspect of the community’s support was perfectly loving.
Fulfill my parents prediction and justify their investment in me
What is your mission?
- Be honest
- Let no one make me second fiddler
My parents are human; I hope yours are too. They gave me their best materially and spiritually. It’s a good thing no one can interrogate them to find out exactly how well I am doing because they confirmed before kissing life goodbye that my choice of paths to maturity were on the money.
Life is Fun, But Not a Joke 