What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?
A little while ago, maybe 25 years or so, I read Gregory Dix’s The Shape of the Liturgy. Huge book, very heavy. Completely too big to read “on the road”. Yes, I think I finished it. An interesting take which has had lots of influence. So there …
What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?
I cannot recall ever giving advice to anyone. But if I were speaking to someone right now, this would be it:
There are no institutional answers to an individual’s problem.
Tbh, I think answers are highly overrated (and always extremely contextual).
What’s one thing that would instantly improve your city?
I am not a city planner so I do not know about the economic repercussions. And I will acknowledge that it might be misused. But …
Free public transport. It would take the pressure off using cars. And, hopefully, lower the use of petrol. It would increase peoples ability to move around the city.
Again, I have no clue but …
Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Fearless Fly who was part of The Milton the Monster Show (1965-1968). Fearless Fly’s sole weakness is losing his glasses, which happens in most of the episodes. When he lost his glasses, he would say, “Where are my glasses?”. I say that when I am looking for my glasses.
How does your mindset affect your financial success?
So, tbh, I have no financial sense at all. Have money, spend money.!
While I budget well enough to not run out (and put myself on the street), I have a serious addiction to books.
Maybe my mindset is “books” and that means no success at all?
If your pet could talk, what would be the first thing it says?
Most likely, “what is this noise coming from me”. Or “why am I talking?”.
Again, sorry to disappoint, I have no pet. So maybe my coffee can talk and it would say, “please don’t drink me”! But I would hear, “drink me! Drink me!”.
Have you ever regretted reading a book — which one and why?
I can honestly say that I have never regretted reading a book. But I have had a negative emotional response to some books. That does not mean I regret reading them. Any book, any interaction, brings with it a call to respond, to be transformed. Sometimes it is a bad example of how not to be!
What’s the best and worst airport you’ve been to?
I can truely say that I have no best and worst. I can count on one hand the number of airports and none were that memorable. Sorry!!!
Am I just wasting my time (and your time, dear reader) with these prompts? I do not travel, nor do much apart from read and drink coffee so should I continue? I am not sure either way.
Anyway ..:
What’s the most annoying trope in books or movies?
Time travel! It is confusing and just weird. Especially when the movie or book tries to include the grandparent paradox. So stay in the one time period, please!
If you could relive one year of your life, which one would it be?
There is no year I would like to relive. I try to live in the present – the eternal now of Jesus.
I look back on my past with cringe. And to relive a year, knowing what I know now, is just pain.
