Author, editor, ecumenical commentator, recalibrated Prodigal, illustrator, and Catholic writer Ian Ransom is the author of one novel, Fishing for Piranha (2000), a non-fiction investigative book, Mary and the Ossuary (2003), and a collection of satirical essays, Waiting for the Rapture (2006).
Ian was born, educated, and graduated in New York State, spent over a decade in Roman Catholic ministry in the Southeastern USA and Europe before moving to California in the mid-1990s. His published material has been noted in USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, Borders Monthly, Biblical Archaeology Review, Sciences et Avenir (published in 11 countries), and other international dailies and journals.
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He is completing a new novel, slated for release in 2009.
Ian brings a unique writing style and a sense of humor that we found refreshing when we first read his work. He's impressive, and he brings an entirely new perspective to this little ol' mom and pop blog.
Welcome, Ian.
Footnote 1: By chance more than choice, Texas for Sarah Palin has a writers' roster full of Catholics, although yours truly is just a Catholic-in-transition (from what at least used to be the Anglican tradition) and attending weekly RCIA classes. The Holy Father may have just cut through some ecclesiastical "red tape" for yr. obd. svt., however, with his unprecedented announcement that the Mother Church will welcome Anglicans back to the Church of Peter with open arms.
Footnote 2: Some have asked, "Why the name Texas for Sarah Palin, since Painter is the only Texan on the contributor list?" We will let literary luminary John Steinbeck (a Californian) answer that one:
"Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word." - From Travels with Charley: In Search of America, (1962)- JP
JP, it is true (born in Mississippi) from the age of 14 I lived in Texas work Kids, college...I have with family moved out of Texas but the feeling when you cross the state line and it says Welcome to Texas...and yes Texas is a State of Mind...I enjoy your blog
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Catholics, they are the critical group for Palin if she wants to succeed in 2012. We (I am a catholic) are split about 50/50 between leaning socialist and leaning conservative. I believe that those who lean socialist do so as an expression of christian charity but are politically and economically uneducated as to what socialist policies would actually do to the poor. There is a great opportunity in educating this half of the catholic population (from within the church) as to the benefit that conservative policies would do for the poor. Once this barrier is overcome, the rest is easy, since the other issues of interest to Catholics are well supported by Sarah Palin's values (sanctity of life, etc.).
ReplyDeleteCool, I am in RCIA too--just in time to be a Catholic Conservative for the 2010 election!
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