Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Teacher Emeritorious
Location	Texas, United States
Introduction	Professor of Christian Studies and Philosophy for more than thirty years. Author of Think like an Octopus: The Key to Becoming a Good Thinker. Now the blogosphere is my classroom. I am a contrarian, challenger of the status quo, a voice from a differing perspective. When I retired, I took off my watch, my shoes, let others answer the phone, and refuse to hurry, unless life is at stake.
Interests	The Arts, native plant landscaping, writing, reading widely, solitude, space, The Wind, and hats.
Favorite movies	Dancer Texas population 81, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird, Trip to Bountiful, Breaker Morant, Bad Day at Black Rock, Avalon, Gandhi, Places in the Heart
Favorite music	Most any kind of pre-1955 music, some since: cello,piano, baritone sax, banjo, mandola, bagpipes--and spoons
Favorite books	The Bible,On Caring by Milton Mayeroff, Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence, Lyric Philosophy by Jan Zwicky, On Being a Christian by Hans Kung, Transitions by William Bridges, Margins by Swenson, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, God: a Biography and Christ: a Crisis in the Life of God, both by Jack Miles

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