I don’t want to come across all fanboy about Daniel Lancaster, but I probably will. Daniel is the teaching elder at Congregation Beth Immanuel in Hudson, Wis., and director of education for First Fruits of Zion, a messianic resource ministry. I regularly listen to his sermons, downloadable from bethemmanuel.org, and have studied his Torah Club … Continue reading
One of the more welcome public-address announcements at my place of work is “Dr. Church is in the building …” Twice a week, those of us who mostly sit in front of computers for a living get chiropractic adjustments from Dr. Ryder Church of Peoria (Ill.) Chiropractic as a work perk. To be honest, I … Continue reading
One of the things I’ve most loved about the Internet is the ability, as a St. Louis Cardinals fan, to read baseball coverage in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at will instead of having to wait to run into the odd print copy or catch an occasional features wire story. Reading about the Redbirds means regularly … Continue reading
Why do you always wear black? It started when I was young. I’ve always liked the color black. After all, it’s the color of space and ninja! So I wore black a lot and became comfortable wearing black. I don’t really like having to think about clothes and fashion and the like. I get very … Continue reading
Q2. Explain the process of creating an RPG. First, I have to give a disclaimer. I’ve published three roleplaying games, am on the verge of releasing a fourth, and have three or four others in various stages of design, and each process has been a different experience. So, rather than give a general answer, I’ll … Continue reading
Seth Ben-Ezra doesn’t just play role-playing games–he writes them. By day, the 32-year-old mild-mannered (and I mean mild-mannered) Peorian with a wife and six children is a systems team leader at Samaritan Ministries. Apart from that, Seth blogs here and creates a variety of role-playing games. But what goes into that creation? Glad you asked … … Continue reading
I’ve always been a little jealous of Adam Gerik. He’s a talented photographer, but also a consummate skinny nerd who is not ashamed of the fact. Adam, who is 26, describes himself as a “visual journalist” for the Peoria Journal Star daily newspaper. He’s been a photographer there for nearly four years and now oversees video production for pjstar.com, the paper’s Web presence. When I was religion editor at the JS, I was always grateful to work with him. He was able to capture images that complemented the story but still stood on their own. In fact, I became so impressed over the years by his work that I took to calling him “Gerik the Great,” or just “The Great One.” It just seemed to work. And it just seemed right that he would be the first subject of 3 (or so) questions.
