Daniel Wilcox
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Santa Maria, California, United States |
| Introduction | A committed theist, seeker, humanist, writer; with a deep passion for worldwide outreach to those in need. Compassion, empathy, generosity, living for God in whom we love, move, and have our being. A poet and novelist; Married with three grown kids; Degree in Creative Writing from Cal State University Long Beach; Lived in Palestine/Israel, Montana, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nebraska; Former literature and writing teacher. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr.: "I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him." |
| Interests | Outreach (in the words of Howard Zinn): "TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives..." Writing, Travel, Hiking, Photography, History, Philosophy, Science, Speculative Fiction, Swimming, Snorkeling |
| Favorite movies | Heaven and Earth (on Vietnam War), Sommersby, Savior, The Stand, Bruce Almighty, The Mask, What Dreams May Come, Sleepy Hollow, Dr. Zhivago, The Emperor and the Assasin, States of Grace, The Sixth Day, Terminator 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, North and South, Casablanca |
| Favorite music | Ballad, Country Rock, and Hard Rockn'Roll, Seals and Croft, Third Day, "The Love of God" by Frederick M. Lehman, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Keith Green, Set this Circus Down album, Mad at the World, Duet of You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma |
| Favorite books | The Why's of a Philosophical Scrivener by Martin Gardner, How It Ends by Chris Impey, The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins, Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer, Jesus Wars by Phillip Jenkins, God's Almost Chosen People by George C. Rable, The Prince of the Marshes by Rory Stewart, Understanding the Apocalypse by Wilfrid J. Harrington, Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons, God: A Guide for the Perplexed, and What the Bible Really Teaches by Keith Ward, Dynamics of Faith by Paul Tillich, The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton, Clowning in Rome by Henri Nouwen, Night by Elie Wiesel, The Sphinx by Edgar Allan Poe, Slavery, Sabbath, War and Women by Willard M. Swartley, Sophie's World by Josteen Gaarder, Faith and History by Reinhold Niebuhr, A History of God by Karen Armstrong, The Eternal Promise by Thomas Kelly, The Great Upheaval by Jay Wink, How Jesus Became God by Bart Ehrman, Ring Side Seat to a Revolution by David Dorado Romo, When God Talks Back by T. M. Luhrmann, 11-23-63 by Stephen King, To Know as We Are Known by Parker Palmer, Exodus by Leon Uris, Midnight, Tick Tock, Watchers, by Dean Koontz, Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, Thich Nhat Hanh, The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, Thoreau, e.e. cummings, Edna St.Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, |