Suzanne
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My Interests:
Prayer, Worship, God, Interfaith issues, Charity, Biblical archaeology, History, Movies, TV, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Current events, Politics, Art, Environment, Health, Fitness, Cooking, Family, Marriage, Parenting
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong, Jesus for the Non-Religious by John Shelby Spong, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Misquoting Jesus by Bart Ehrmann, The Lemon Tree, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, What is the What, Anna Karenina, A Fine Balance, Snow. Other Authors: Phillip Roth, Ian McEwan, Paul Tillich, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who Inspires Me:
All the Women I met at the Joan Kroc Center for Peace and Justice who are working in areas of conflict around the world to bring freedom and peace to their own homes, as well as Jesus, Ghandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Paul Farmer,
Valentino Achak Deng, Greg Mortenson and all others who work to improve the freedom, dignity and health of all people around the world.
My organizations and affiliations:
Co-author of The Faith Club, member of St. James' Episcopal Church, supporter of many charities, especially the Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter and Refugees International
My favorite spiritual activities:
Walking in the New Hampshire woods, listening to choral music, singing hymns, reading, being with my children.
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Grateful
What's your spiritual type?:
Undefinable - These labels (and most labels) don't work for me.
About Me
Suzanne Oliver always hoped to write a book, but never dreamed that it would be about religion. She graduated from TexasChristianUniversity in 1987 with a degree in English Literature then moved to New York City and began a career in financial journalism. After working at Financial World magazine, Forbes magazine (where she became a senior editor) and SmartMoney.com (where she was managing editor), she could write confidently about mutual funds, after-tax returns and asset allocation. But concepts like the atonement, salvation, jihad, Zionism and religious equality just weren’t on her mind until she met Ranya Idliby at their daughters’ kindergarten school bus stop in September of 2001. Oliver thinks of herself as the American “Everyman” in The Faith Club. She grew up in the suburban Midwest where she spent twelve years in Catholic schools and made her first communion at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri. In New York, she and her husband converted to the Episcopal Church and have been active on many committees at their parish. Today Oliver lives with her husband and three children in New York City and Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire.
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My Basics
Gender: Female
Occupation: writer
Relationship Status: Married
Faiths:
Christian,
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Hello - August 9, 2008 - 09:27 PM
Just wanted to say hello. I live in the Seacoast of New Hampshire and also love the New Hampshire woods. I'm looking forward to reading your book.