Fr. Charles Erlandson
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Priest, Reformed Episcopal |
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
| Interests | Jesus Christ, religion, sociology of religion, young people. Studying the way that things work in the spiritual realm, especially how people receive and maintain their Christian faith. Collecting trivia so that if they let me on Jeopardy! again for the seniors tournament I can make amends for my nosedive when I was on back in 1989. Exploring the sacramental character of everyday living so that all of God creation brings me closer to God. Learning more about the new technologies so that I can create a digital theology in which you can begin with any theological idea and see how it connects to others. Writing the 12 great books that are in my head. Arguing that the Internet is Proof #137 that God exists (and Proof # 13b that Satan exists). Art, science, octopi, deep-sea diver's helmets, |
| Favorite movies | Cool Hand Luke, To End All Wars, The Nutty Professor (the original), Plan 9 from Outer Space, Harold Lloyd movies, Jerry Lewis movies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wayne's World, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dr. Strangelove, The Tingler, The Mask |
| Favorite music | Baroque Classical, 1960 psych/garage, medieval, Renaissance, 60s music in general, an eclectic mix of stations I create on Pandora, 13th Floor Elevators, Blues Magoos, Left Banke, Love, Pebbles and Mindrockers collections |
| Favorite books | The Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, Flannery O'Connor's stories, Wise Blood, The Violent Bear it Away, The Christian Year by John Keble, To Kill a Mockingbird, George Herbert's and John Donne's poetry, e.e. cummings, Great Gatsby, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |