Stephen Cook (GIFTS)
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Teacher / writer / editor |
| Location | Utah, United States |
| Introduction | Born in Manchester, England (1947); lived half my life in Utah; career teacher, writer and editor of religion and curriculum for LDS Church for twenty-five years. My mentors have been the "four Ms" --- Robert J. Matthews, Elder Bruce R., Joseph F., and Mark L. McConkie, Robert L. Millet, and Robert G. Mouritsen, along with considerable influence from Gerald N. Lund in the LDS Church Educational System. My close friend of fifty years, Jack S. Greaves of St George, Utah, got me going in my scripture study and doctrinal searching in 1970. |
| Interests | Insights into the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, helping people understand the restored gospel, reading, writing, current events, politics, history, geography, biographies of great people, British culture, my wife Alison's art work, walking and talking gospel, some sports (esp soccer and cricket) |
| Favorite movies | Ben Hur, A Man For All Seasons,It's A Wonderful Life, Spartacus, Doctor Zhivago, Chariots Of Fire, Odd Couple, Day Of The Dolphin, Ten Commandments, Deer Hunter, Groundhog Day, The Great Race, People Will Talk, Patton, Raffles, Sound Of Music, Zulu, Planes Trains And Automobiles, Random Harvest, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Sting, The Red Balloon, Forrest Gump, How Rare A Possession (that's a lot of movies!) |
| Favorite music | Popular classical, most sacred (Handel, Be Still My Soul, selected hymns), Cavatina, light jazz, some 1960s pop, brass band, Welsh choirs, Les Miserables soundtrack |
| Favorite books | Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, David McCullough books, Agatha Christie mysteries, James Hilton novels, English school novels, C.S. Lewis books, Steinbeck stories, Salinger short stories |