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The Vanity Fair 'style' Interviews
- Major David Ivany
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being in the centre of God's will. I'm also thinking of
the banqueting table metaphor, with friends and family, good
music. (In the end all that matters is God and family (the
family of God).
What is your greatest fear?
Not drinking full from the cup that has been provided.
What living person do you most admire?
The glory of God is human beings totally alive – I admire
people who are fully alive – in whatever their circumstance.
With which historical figure do you most identify?
David – shepherd, poet, family man, sinner, man after
God's heart, warrior. While I'm awkward with the king part, I
am of a royal line (spiritually) and hope to reign with Jesus
some day.
What is the trait you deplore most in others?
Arrogance
What is your greatest extravagance?
Sipping Lattes, while playing Scrabble and listening to
eclectic menu (must be soulful however) on my Ipod.
What is your favourite journey?
Near to the heart of God; the road less travelled, the
Horseshoe Bay-Langdale Ferry, British Columbia, Canada, at
dusk, silhouetted mountains.
What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?
Happiness
What talent would you most like to have?
Persuasion – helpful in proclamation, peace-making,
governing. A benevolent dictatorship appears to be the best
form of government.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it
be?
Be less self-absorbed
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Hopeless and isolated.
What is your most treasured possession?
Relationships, times of solitude.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Desire to go deeper ("There must be more than this…")
Who are your favourite writers?
Frederich Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Dallas Willard, Dan
Allender, Kathleen Norris and so many more.
Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Brendan, (Buechner) a contemporary of St. Patrick, or
Ivanhoe (was one of my nicknames in school – I assume he was a
good guy – never read it!?!?)
Who are your heroes in real life?
Those who seek and thirst after righteousness (see the
other Beatitudes as well ( Matt. 5). One example the Haitian
mothers I saw singing and praying one evening– deep faith,
hope, courage in the midst of overwhelming despair.
What is your motto?
Toss-up: "The Best is Yet to come" and just recently
claimed: "I am a conduit of God's grace"
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