Ryan

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Gender Male
Industry Student
Location East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Introduction I love Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. As a high school Religion teacher and grad student in Theology, I have a passion for anything involving Philosophy, Theology, and ancient languages. My life is best summarized in the words of Saint Francis of Assisi: "I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone."
Interests Jesus, friends and family, teaching, Spartan athletics, Knights of Columbus, literature, theology, philosophy, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, cooking and coffee... LOTS of coffee
Favorite Movies Casablanca, The Godfather, The Sound of Music, The Passion of the Christ, A Man For All Seasons, Brideshead Revisited (mini-series), Teresa de Jesus (the mini-series, NOT the Emma Thompson travesty), The Mission
Favorite Music What don't I like?! I love 80's rock. I don't like country or rap. Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Billy Joel, Elton John, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Jimmy Buffet, Switchfoot, Reliant K, Motion City Soundtrack, O.A.R., Matisyahu, Shakira, Classical (especially Beethoven), musicals, sountracks, Celtic and New Age (especially Enya), Jazz (especially Sinatra and Deano)... you get the idea.
Favorite Books The Bible, The Life of Teresa of Jesus, The Ascent of Mount Carmel, The Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Spirit of the Liturgy, Jesus of Nazareth, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Come Be My Light, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II, Letters to a Young Catholic, Brideshead Revisited, Everything That Rises Must Converge, Orthodoxy, The Man Who Was Thursday, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Lord of the Rings, The Divine Comedy, the plays of William Shakespeare, the Harry Potter books, Father Elijah, Strangers and Sojourners, Island of the World