David Nybakke
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Spiritual Director/Office Manager of Faith In Action of Bloomington-Normal |
| Location | Midwest, United States |
| Introduction | Commissioned as a Spiritual Director, I am a member of the Order of Secular Franciscans and student of René Girard reflecting on how we desire according to the desires of the other. I have spent much of my life with a small family business and more recently helping a local Faith In Action ministry, connecting volunteers with seniors. My patron saint is Saint Bernadine of Siena. I attend St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bloomington and Epiphany Church in Normal, IL with my wife Beth.. |
| Interests | St. Francis, Mimetic Theory, Spiritual Direction, Religion, marketing, icons |
| Favorite movies | Amazing Grace, Lincoln, the movie Clare and Francis, 3 Days of the Condor, Mary Poppins, The Music Man, Phenomenon, The Matrix, Arrival. |
| Favorite music | Amazing Grace - all versions, music of the '60s & '70s, Marco Frisina scores, Thomas Newman soundtracks, Michael W. Smith - Freedom |
| Favorite books | Gospel According to John, Violence Unveiled, Girard Reader, The Sun and Moon Over Assisi, Franciscan Prayer, Hope Against Darkness, Beneath the Veil of the Strange Verses - Reading Scandalous Texts |