Spiritual formation; philosophy, culture, truth, ideas that last longer than 10 or 20 years, reading from intellectual giants, tennis, weight-lifting, walking, really good, dark beer, serving others, enjoy teaching college courses (Greek, history, theology, worldviews,etc.), love public speaking!
Jesus Christ; Mary, the Queen of heaven; St. Augustine; Pope John Paul II; Mother Theresa; St. Francis De Sales; St. Basil, the Great; Gregory, the Great; King Alfred, the Great; Jeremiah, the prophet; G. K. Chesterton; C. S. Lewis; Peter Kreeft; Brennan Manning; Carl Sagan; Flannery O'Connor; Walker Percy; Wendell Berry; Eugene Peterson; Rafael Nadal; Roger Federer; Sara Evans--wait, I already did!!; Thomas Merton; Malcom X; Anwar Sadat; Benjamin Netanyahu; Richard Adams (author); Rabbi Grossman; Stephen Hawking; Sheryl Crowe-she lives in my hometown; Dorothy Day; St. Francis of Assissi; Teresa of Avila; Louis XIV; Saladin; Ravi Zacharias; Plato; Socrates; Aristotle; Martin Heidegger; Nietschze; Albert Camus; Francis Schaeffer; Stephen J. Gould; Bono; Philip Pullman;
Love 80's music; U2; Coldplay; Journey; some bluegrass; the Who; the Fixx (red skies at night); contemplative music; classical music; some alternative;
The Fellowship of the Ring Trilogy (best movies EVER); A Man for All Seasons (story about Thomas More's stand for the Catholic Church in England). Gladiator (it's a man-thing); Babbette's Feast; I love foreign films for their in-depth character development, well developed story lines and insights into local culture (for example: the Widow of St. Pierre); Count of Monte Cristo; Somewhere in Time; To Kill a Mockingbird; Watership Down; The Hobbit; Casino Royale; enough!
House (love the brilliance, dry wit and cynicism of Doctor House-it's hard to be that intelligent and be well-adjusted!); Tennis matches; March Madness. Not into TV much.
There are so many!!
Jesus Christ; Ghandi; St. Francis of Assissi; John Paul II; Pope Benedict XVI; Mother Theresa; St. Martin; St. Francis De Sales; My parents; my wife; my kids .