T HansI was a farm boy back in the 1940's and 50's- a long time ago. I had one brother and 4 sisters. That is important for one's perspective on life and living My parents were dedicated Christians and I wanted to be a minister when I was 9 years old. I reember my dear mother telling me I was a good writer... and she helped me to always do my best and be honest too.I went to a great public school, on to St. Olaf College and then to a Lutheran Seminary. After getting some good studying done I got married to a Lutheran farm girl and had one biological son and one adopted son. Both were wonderful young men. My dedication was to serve as a pastor in three different parishes. But being raised as a son concerned about world hunger, I was a reformer from the beginning. My roots were sunk into a strong parental influence. I left the parish ministry concerned about reaching out to people in need around the world.Raising my two sons at home. I did volunteer work for Bread for the World, and enjoyed time with sports items and building an HO model railroad layout. But I did not get away from writing Reformation related material. It permeated my spirit and I had to write what I felt. Structural change was needed in our world and I wanted to sink my teeth into how to make change happen. Being a sensitive artist type I got my free spirit from building and restoring models and looking through a camera lens. It was a good life as a "house husband" and as a spiritual contact for a materialistic world. I was different and I was willing to be different. I loved everything I did. Furthermore, it was liberating to be free to love nature and to think about the beautiful world around me.It was after 50 years of a faithful marriage... without truly experiencing love in a deep personal way, my vision turned toward searching for the ''true love" I wanted and needed for my life of joy and excitement ! What a dynamic and exiting adventure to look around the whole world and find wonderful and open people everywhere! Words of love penetrated my soul and stirred me to want to reach out to complex and beautiful human beings. Here were young people with endless hopes and desires that could be connected to me personally! Life was intense and awesome and hard and exciting and beautiful... almost every hour of every day. This was real life as it was meant to be lived.Now I enter a stage of my life where I maybe should be winding down in my activities and dreams... but my lovers and loved ones keep urging me on to greater heights of joy and satisfaction. What is ahead for me and for our world in turmoil? Could there be answers to slowly upgrade the more destructive activities of human behavior? Could we join together with a vision of a recreated family of true love? The answers (and the dream) can become reality in moment by moment activities - those little, small, special, unique moments which bring sensitive people together to create a better world. Read More Read Less