Authors more then books.. CS Lewis, Francis Scheaffer, NT Wright, JI Packer, John Wyndham, John Christopher, Tolkein, Dostoyevsky.

If forced to list books, Day of the Triffids, Les Miserables, LOTR, How should we live then?, and of course the Bible

U2, Steve Taylor, Midnight Oil, Larry Norman, Paul Kelly, Harry Connick Jr,

Babylon 5, Survivors -BBC series about a viral contagion

I have a wonderful wife, (what other type are there) and have had 3 kids. 2 young boys who keep me busy and a daughter who I'll meet again at the resurrection.

Christianed Catholic, raised Methodist, sent to a Presbyterian Sunday School, came to a personal faith in Jesus in an Australian Church of Christ (as far from US Church of Christ as LDS are to FLDS), meet and married my wife in an AOG church. I currently attend a Baptist church but my basic faith tradition is still very much Australian Churches of Christ.

Did a missionary trip to Estonia but it was short term (not anything like 2 years!)