please, everyone who reads this, ask me three questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want. then go to your journal, copy and paste this request, allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything as well.
i sometimes take my dogs for walks and i very much enjoy walking, but i should do it more ~
2. What's your family like?
i have two brothers and three sisters. my parents have been married for 45 years. i am looking forward to visiting the family at Christmas since i no longer live nearby. i am closest to my youngest brother who is one year older than me, and i am the "baby" of the family.
3. Care to share how you came to take your faith more seriously (pivotal occurances, etc)?
i am a writer. i wrote a character whom i discovered had a vocation to the priesthood (this was not my doing ~ the Holy Spirit said so and i followed). i had fallen away from the Church many many years ago and found that i had to do some research for the story since i understood very little about the faith, even having been confirmed in the Church. the character was a jesuit priest. i started by reading saint ignatius of loyola's spiritual exercises. life has not been the same since. in the best way imaginable.
about that time, the boston scandal broke. i found myself in the position of defending the Church and defending the celibate priesthood to friends, family, anyone who would listen. i knew then that God was calling me.
i reconciled with the Church one year ago december 3rd. i continue to struggle to do God's will, but i am ever so happy to be home.
yes. in anthologies, magazines, journals, etc. mostly creative pieces (poetry, short plays), but also, strangely, some articles on gardening. : o P
2. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
tough question. Jesus, I hope. with nods also to my writing mentor (and best friend), my spiritual sister in 'sconsin, my brother (the derf), writers i adore (hugo, ondaatje, dickens, etc.), and assorted saints whom i am devoted to (maria goretti, ignatius of loyola, martin of tours, teresa of avila, john vianni, and other non-saints with whom i've made my spiritual journey such as thomas merton and jean pierre decaussade).
3. What is your favorite animal?
such a boring answer, but: dog.
i am also very fond of llamas, rabbits, and giraffes.
not a boring answer to me! :-D my answer would be the cat.
That's so neat - its amazing really how many people influence our lives. Thank you for sharing! And your testimony in the above thread is inspiring. God truly has a wild imagination! :-D
I'd love to read your work sometime! You are an amazing writer! and such an inspiration! : )
1. If you could live in any time and place in history when and where would it be?
oooooh skeery question. i would like to turn the clock back about a hundred and thirty years and grow up in the upper midwest perhaps (somewhere that it snows) ~ or in europe maybe (i wish i were born in flanders). it wouldn't be an easy life, but it would be very different, that's for certain. ; o )
2. What is one thing about yourself that you would change in order to make your life more fulfilling?
i wish i were more disciplined ~ i've rarely met anymore more lazy than i am. as a consequence i waste entirely too much time ~ and then waste even more feeling guilty ~ ! : o P
3. What character from literature are you most like?
while i would love to think i am like jean val jean in les miserables, i'm afraid the truth is i come off a great deal more like a motely cross between eponine and javert: i can be a rigorist authoritatian type, and yet i'm incredibly naive sometimes ~ ha!
~~~
hello mark ~ ! i have added you as a friend ~ your life journey has certainly been an interesting one! and a bookstore (or two!) ~ permit me a small excited squeal ~
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2. What's your family like?
3. Care to share how you came to take your faith more seriously (pivotal occurances, etc)?
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i sometimes take my dogs for walks and i very much enjoy walking, but i should do it more ~
2. What's your family like?
i have two brothers and three sisters. my parents have been married for 45 years. i am looking forward to visiting the family at Christmas since i no longer live nearby. i am closest to my youngest brother who is one year older than me, and i am the "baby" of the family.
3. Care to share how you came to take your faith more seriously (pivotal occurances, etc)?
i am a writer. i wrote a character whom i discovered had a vocation to the priesthood (this was not my doing ~ the Holy Spirit said so and i followed). i had fallen away from the Church many many years ago and found that i had to do some research for the story since i understood very little about the faith, even having been confirmed in the Church. the character was a jesuit priest. i started by reading saint ignatius of loyola's spiritual exercises. life has not been the same since. in the best way imaginable.
about that time, the boston scandal broke. i found myself in the position of defending the Church and defending the celibate priesthood to friends, family, anyone who would listen. i knew then that God was calling me.
i reconciled with the Church one year ago december 3rd. i continue to struggle to do God's will, but i am ever so happy to be home.
: o )
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Keep going :D
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wow, neat idea!!
2. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
3. What is your favorite animal?
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yes. in anthologies, magazines, journals, etc. mostly creative pieces (poetry, short plays), but also, strangely, some articles on gardening. : o P
2. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
tough question. Jesus, I hope. with nods also to my writing mentor (and best friend), my spiritual sister in 'sconsin, my brother (the derf), writers i adore (hugo, ondaatje, dickens, etc.), and assorted saints whom i am devoted to (maria goretti, ignatius of loyola, martin of tours, teresa of avila, john vianni, and other non-saints with whom i've made my spiritual journey such as thomas merton and jean pierre decaussade).
3. What is your favorite animal?
such a boring answer, but: dog.
i am also very fond of llamas, rabbits, and giraffes.
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That's so neat - its amazing really how many people influence our lives. Thank you for sharing! And your testimony in the above thread is inspiring. God truly has a wild imagination! :-D
I'd love to read your work sometime! You are an amazing writer! and such an inspiration! : )
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=^_^=
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What degree do you have or are you pursuing or would you like to pursue?
Where would your dream vacation be to?
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full-time writer (novelist)
What degree do you have or are you pursuing or would you like to pursue?
i have an MFA in creative writing. i would like a masters in theology, but it's not practical that i would ever pursue one.
Where would your dream vacation be to?
france and belgium. maybe a side trip to rome. ; o )
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2. What is one thing about yourself that you would change in order to make your life more fulfilling?
3. What character from literature are you most like?
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oooooh skeery question. i would like to turn the clock back about a hundred and thirty years and grow up in the upper midwest perhaps (somewhere that it snows) ~ or in europe maybe (i wish i were born in flanders). it wouldn't be an easy life, but it would be very different, that's for certain. ; o )
2. What is one thing about yourself that you would change in order to make your life more fulfilling?
i wish i were more disciplined ~ i've rarely met anymore more lazy than i am. as a consequence i waste entirely too much time ~ and then waste even more feeling guilty ~ ! : o P
3. What character from literature are you most like?
while i would love to think i am like jean val jean in les miserables, i'm afraid the truth is i come off a great deal more like a motely cross between eponine and javert: i can be a rigorist authoritatian type, and yet i'm incredibly naive sometimes ~ ha!
~~~
hello mark ~ ! i have added you as a friend ~ your life journey has certainly been an interesting one! and a bookstore (or two!) ~ permit me a small excited squeal ~
: o )