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John Baker
- 44, Male
- Valdese, NC
- United States
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- Location:
- Western North Carolina
- Gender
- male
- Area(s) of Interest or Expertise:
- interests - my wife, figure drawing, conservative issues, my dog, talk radio, myspace, facebook, twitter, science fiction/horror podcasts, conservative pundit podcasts, digital effects and animation
expertise - textile CAD(computer aided design) artist
- My Testimony: (We encourage members to share briefly about how their faith in Christ has impacted their lives.)
- I was raised by Christian parents. But my father left the position of spiritual leadership to my mother. Sorry ladies, but a woman cannot show a boy how to be a man. When I was 23, I turned my back on Christ because I didn't want to give up the party lifestyle I had become accustomed to in college. When I was 28, I began associating with Christian businessmen and 3 years later at a business convention church service, I accepted Christ. I just had my 10th anniversary as a Believer.
- Dream Job: (If you could have your dream job in the comics industry, what would it be?)
- I would want to work from home, drawing, setting my own hours, working with different Christian and conservative writers.
- Favorite Comic Creators:
- Stan Lee, Jerry Siegal, Joe Schuster, Jack Kirby
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The 'Spirituality in Comics' Panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2011
In comics, movies, and even Broadway musicals like “The Book Of Mormon”, spiritual themed work seems to be unexpectedly coming from the least religious of sources.
Panelists including SERGIO CARIELLO (The Action Bible), RUSSELL DALTON (Marvelous Myths: Marvel Superheroes and Everyday Faith), BUZZ DIXON (Serenity/Hits & Misses), and MIKE SHIELDS (Blue Blazes) discuss how a new generation of comics and pop culture are exploring timeless truths and also address the question “Is Mass Media Our New Church?”
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Also, when you say "science fiction/horror," what's your preferred flavor ... killer robots? swamp things? giant monsters? the classic Universal Monsters? (although now that I've started listing them out, I think I'd have to say I like all of 'em.)
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm Scott A. Shuford, one of the new Board members. I wanted to stop in and say thanks for being involved with CCAS! If you have any input or would like to be involved with anything in particular, please let me and Eric Jansen (Membership Coordinator for CCAS) know by contacting us both through the site. We'll be making several announcements in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. To see a bit more about me, check out my profile here on the site. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.
At Your Service,
Scott A. Shuford
www.frontgatemedia.com
CCAS Board Member 2008-2010
Consider the words of C.S. Lewis:
"If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and to earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I suggest that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased."
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