CPA
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Bloomington, Indiana, United States |
| Introduction | Christian (adult convert, baptized Easter Day, 1994), LCMS Lutheran (joined Faith Lutheran Church, Reformation Day, 1999). Very happy husband and the father of two children. I am a professor of Mongolian studies at Indiana University, who has spent many years in Mongolia and China and lives day to day with Mongolian and Chinese books. American, descendant of families from Puritan Boston (mother's mother), backcountry South Carolina (mother's father), Plymouth colony (father's father), and the mountains of eastern Tennessee (father's mother). I like to birdwatch, star gaze, and hike, and love dogs. |
| Interests | Mongolia, Christian theology, American history, paleontology, natural history, electoral politics, international affairs |
| Favorite Movies | Bourne Supremacy, Coal Miner's Daughter, Ocean's Eleven, Hoosiers, Godfather, Godfather II, I Am the Law, The Shining, Excalibur, Road Warrior, The Village |
| Favorite Music | B-52's, Montgomery Gentry, Hurd, Charlotte Church, Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers Band, Alan Jackson, Beatles, Cat Stevens, Altai Khangai, Toby Keith |
| Favorite Books | Bible, Luther, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Secret History of the Mongols, Juvaini, Book of Concord, Jane Austen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Federalist Papers, Redeemer President, Albion's Seed, Kokoro, Willa Cather, Sima Qian, Herodotus, Tolstoy, Conservative Reformation and Its Theology |
The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?
I'd avoid France