EM Massanari
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | chaplain/spiritual director |
| Location | Newton, Kansas, United States |
| Introduction | I find joy and constant growth in my vocations as a husband, a father, a friend, and a companion of human beings seeking fullness of life. |
| Interests | exploring wild places inside and out, trail running, bicycling, writing poetry, haiku, creating music (especially with my son), getting lost in a good book, cooking, juggling, storytelling, contemplative Christianity, Zen Buddhism, interfaith dialog, prairie skies |
| Favorite movies | Wings of Desire, Babette's Feast, Jesus of Montreal, The Mission, Elephant Man, Into Great Silence, Never Cry Wolf, The Secret of Roan Inish, Crazy Heart, The Island (the Russian film not the Hollywood film!), Everything is Illuminated |
| Favorite music | Arvo Part, Henryk Gorecki, John Tavener, Vivaldi, Dvorak, Karl Jenkins, Beethoven, Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, The National, Neko Case, Peter Gabriel, The Head and the Heart, Dessa, Blitzen Trapper, Celtic, folk, bluegrass, and so much more! |
| Favorite books | New Seeds of Contemplation (Thomas Merton), Zen Mind Beginners Mind (Shunryu Suzuki) The Book of Hours (Rainer Maria Rilke), Abandonment to Divine Providence (Jean Pierre de Caussade), Addiction and Grace (Gerald May), Simply Sane (Gerald May), He Who Lets Us Be (Geddes MacGregor), The Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot), The Narrow Road to the Interior (Basho), The Song of Songs, the Gospel of John, the Psalms, Sibley's Guide to North American Birds |