Andrew Casad

About me

Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Director of the Office for Liturgy
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
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Introduction I enjoy reading good books and watching historical epic movies—in any language. When I really want to escape the rest of the world, I design landscapes and write stories and histories to accompany them. I love the sense of wonder that comes from discovering something new, especially when traveling to places where I encounter whole new worlds. If money were unlimited, I would travel all over the world, learning about peoples, their food, and the architecture, then design some of my themed dream homes and worship spaces on my Norwegian farmstead. A more realistic dream is to have a farmstead of my own, where Michelle and I can build everything we need, raise our food, make our own clothes, and I can spend the winters reading, writing, and teaching at a local college or seminary.
Interests liturgy, religion, eritrea, gardening, cooking, sustainable agriculture, sheep, travel, architecture, cultural anthropology, maps, cistercian monasticism, foreign films, kayaking, brewing, backpacking, sailing, middle ages, Legos, all things Scottish
Favorite Movies Last of the Mohicans, Monsoon Wedding, Robin Hood, Festen, Swades, Rob Roy, Butterfly, Lagaan, Braveheart, Indochine, Asoka, Jean de Florette
Favorite Music Cranberries, Big Sonic Chill (Downtempo, Electronica), Chant, Susheela Raman, Agricantus, Bollywood, Celtic, Mussorgsky, Trance, Beatles, Bob Marley, Grieg, World Beat
Favorite Books Isaiah, Acts, Kristin Lavransdatter, Lord of the Rings, Pragmatism, Pensees, Believing in the Future, Conquest of America, Philosophy and Social Hope, Discipline and Punish, The Godfather, Praise of Folly, Crime and Punishment, works by Bruce Malina