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David Alexander

Biography

Originally from Los Angeles
Vietnam Veteran (18th Engineer Brigade, 577th Engineer Battalion)
Undergraduate degree in Spanish
Graduate degrees in Theology (MA) and Education (EdM)
Clergy (Reformed Church in America and Presbyterian Church in Taiwan)
39 years of life in Taiwan. Took citizenship there in 2018 and promptly retired to Holland, MI.
Life in Taiwan included college campus ministry, parish ministry, publications work and theological education.
Finished career as a lecturer in practical theology and director of the language center of Tainan Theological College.

Smashwords Interview

Describe your desk
My desk is cluttered, perhaps because it holds a computer, screen, printer, speakeers and some boxes of projects in progress. It's too small for all this stuff, and I find myself repeatedly pushing movable things like the screen and printer back against the wall and stacking the speakers on top of other stuff. The drawers are a mess as well.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I was born and grew up in Los Angeles. Though my parents were from the middle of America, my siblings and I became absolutely complete Southern Californians. To me, part of that means having a very weak "internal censor". The result is that I say things that people from the Midwest, where I now reside in retirement, wouldn't let pass their lips, and I publish things that call attention to myself. I like to tell people that I was born about 8 miles east of Hollywood, and spent the years from age 8 through 17 about 20 miles west of there.
Read more of this interview.

Where to find David Alexander online

Twitter: @alexataiwan
Blog: https://aboksu.wordpress.com

Videos

A Good Word
Taiwanese and English riffing on "Hatred Stirs Up Strife"

Series

Singing With and Singing From by
Martin Luther is quoted as having said, "He who sings prays twice." Martin spoke long ago. In the 21st century we'd be a bit more sensitive to gender issues, and probably say something more like, "when you sing, you pray." The series, "Singing With and Singing From" attempts to provide ways to sing the scriptures to tunes old and new. The first set consists of 42 reworded settings of the Lord's Prayer, with hyperlinks to the tunes so that users can sing along. Subsequent collections will include "Singing with the Hebrew Bible", "Singing with the Hebrew Prophets", "Singing from the Psalms", "Singing with the Gospel Writers", "Singing from the Epistles", "Service Music for Congregations and Choirs", and "Singing from Taiwan".
King to Kings Songs for Advent and Christmas
Price: $2.00 USD.
Singing Epistles
Price: $2.00 USD.
Singing Some Psalms
Price: $2.00 USD.
Singing the Lord's Prayer
Price: $2.00 USD.
Singing Through the Gospels
Price: $2.00 USD.
Singing with the Hebrew Prophets
Price: $2.00 USD.

Books

Singing Epistles by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 4,620. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Meditations / New Testament
A collection of New Testament passages versified singing with links to accompaniment.
Singing Through the Gospels by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 5,790. Language: English. Published: November 13, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Poetry » Spiritual
Singable settings of scripture passages from the gospels with links to audio accompaniment.
King to Kings Songs for Advent and Christmas by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 8,120. Language: English. Published: November 9, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Poetry » Spiritual
Hymns and songs based on the Revised Common Lectionary readings for Advent and Christmas
Singing with the Hebrew Prophets by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 5,150. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Meditations / Old Testament
A collection of English language passages from the Hebrew Bible set for singing with links to online sources of the accompanying tunes. Click on the links and SING!
Taiwan and Xiamen Missionary Written Songs by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 8,060. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Chinese poetry
English language translations of hymns originally written in during the 19th and 20th centuries in the Amoy (Southern Min) language of Taiwan and Fujian.
Singing Some Psalms by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 5,060. Language: American English. Published: November 2, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General
Biblical psalms set for singing with links to online sources of the tune for each. Can be used as a musical part of personal devotional life or, if merely read, as a poetic one.
Singing the Lord's Prayer by
Series: Singing With and Singing From. Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 4,560. Language: English. Published: October 12, 2019 . Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Life / Prayer
Martin Luther is said to have thought that singing was praying twice. Using the contents of this book, you'll find yourself going a further step, and praying three times as you listen to the tunes (available through links) and singing to them.

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