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About me

Gender	Male
Industry	Accounting
Location	United States
Introduction	I am (in this order) a child of God, a follower of Jesus, a husband, a father, a grand-father, an Episcopalian Anglican, and the Director of Federal Chapalaincies in the Office of the Bishop Suffraghan for Chaplaincies of the Episcopal Church where I have served since March 2001 following my retirement from the Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy.
Interests	Spending time with my family; Playing and reading with our 3 grand children; walking with my wife; bike-riding; reading books (mainly non-fiction)and periodicals; reading the NY Times; watching college basketball & football; keeping up with the NY Mets (and sometimes the Yankees) baseball; visiting national parks, museums and historic places -- especially religious sites.
Favorite movies	MOVIES: Hoosiers; Schindler's List; Lord of the Rings trilogy, TELEVISION: The News Hour with Jim Leher; Washington Week with Gwen Ifill; ; PBS Religion and Ethics; Drama Law and Order. RADIO: NPR weekday news; NPR Saturday morning's "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon; "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross; BBC news; and Sunday evening reruns of that morning's Meet the Press hosted by Tim Russert; The McLaughlin Group
Favorite music	Anything by John Rutter -- a British composer and arranger of contemporary and classical choral and orchestra music. I also enjoy easy-listening, classical and some pop music.
Favorite books	Just about anything by Thomas Merton, Joan Chittister, Eugene Peterson (The Message, etc.), Miroslav Volf, David Buttrick, Marva Dawn, Marcus Borg, Rowan Williams (especially his sermons), Diana Butler Bass, Debra K. Farrington, Phyllis Tickle, Brian C. Taylor, Richard Rohr, Tony Campolo, Anne Lamont (her novels and autobiographical writings) and Mary Oliver(especially "Thirst", her most recent book of poems).

What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?

Because Tom Friedman said so in his fine, convincing book, The Earth is Flat!