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Hobbies??? Yep! …and lot’s of them. Actually, my hobbies come and go is closer to the truth. I usually go all out when I start to learn something new and really obsess over it until I reach a level of proficiency. Once a satisfactory level of proficiency is gained in a particular activity, I’ll either move on entirely to something new or adjust my activity to a maintenance level. I like learning new things. I do have a few things that are my mainstays as far as hobbies go and at the top of the list is probably going to be basic information gathering. I love reading first and foremost which usually entails books, but not entirely restricted to them. I like magazines, newspapers, TV documentaries, and Internet surfing. Currently my favorite genre of books is Christian. They could be sub-categorized as follows:

• Classic Christian Writings (everything from the first century to around 1600AD in particular)
• Spiritual Formation (Classics as well as contemporary stuff; especially Renovare’ resources and contributors)
• Classic Devotional Writings
• Church History

I also have a number of favorite authors. This list is not exhaustive, but it represents my current favorites.

• Eugene Peterson
• D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• C. S. Lewis
• Richard Foster
• Dallas Willard
• Dennis Kinlaw

Next to reading comes the arts. I enjoy many art forms as a casual observer, but only actively participate in a few. Photography happens to be a great joy-giver to me; I love landscape and event photography as my personal favorites with candid portraiture running a close second. I use a digital SLR (Canon EOS 20D) and have an assortment of lenses and studio lights to accomplish most of my needs at present. I am constantly looking to grow in my craft and almost never turn down a job or challenge.

Perhaps the art-form that generates the most passion in and from me is music. One reason music is such a great delight is that all of the Borden Family enjoys it immensely, so we can all participate and play at the same time…a definate bonus. I have always enjoyed listening to most genres of music (jazz, folk, bluegrass, celtic, rock, pop, classical, c&w, and gospel all rank high). I also enjoy singing; particularly Christian praise and worship songs. I recently took up the guitar (November 2005) after my longtime accompaniest moved from the area; rather than find a new “player” I thought it best to learn to accompany myself. As a result of this decision, I have been passionately obsessed with learning everything I can about this instrument. I read, practice, play, and work on them in much of my free time in order to better understand them and accelerate my learning. I have owned and sold a number of guitars in the last couple years in efforts to find what fits and works for me the best. This too has been a fun process allowing me to get to know quite a few guitars, manufacturers, and understand the differences in styles and materials.

Here are a few of the guitars I have known over the last couple years:

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