Saturday, April 03, 2004

Here is my obiturary I wrote for my Creative Writing class. It isn't that I'm cocky, it is that I am confident... yeah.

September 22nd 2034
Chris Halverson, writer, pastor, and friend of the poor, died today at the age of 51

Toliara- Madagascar (AP) Pastor Chris Halverson died last night outside of Lion of Judah Lutheran Church where he was pastor. It has been reported Pastor Halverson was walking with a group of street youth and was preaching to them when he all of a sudden looked to one of the youth, said, “God demands mercy, not sacrifice,” and fell down dead, with a smile on his face.
Pastor Halverson is best known by the title the Friend of Africa, for his massive efforts to feed the hungry in that continent. He is also thought of as father of Lutheran Liberation Theology as well as the founder of the LCL, the Lutheran Church of Liberation.
Pastor Halverson was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and survived a very complicated set of heart operations. Then he moved 13 times both inside and outside of the United States until he reached Eugene Oregon. The Pastor’s illustrious career really began while he was a student at the University of Oregon at the age of 20 when he published his first novel Faith and Grace. This novel was followed quickly by its sequel Redemption and Salvation and Chris’ first commercial success Et Tu Mimensis.
He met his wife, the now prominent NPR host and naturalist, his senior year at the University of Oregon and the two of them married shortly after he entered Wartburg Seminary in 2005. By his second year at Wartburg he had already published a slew of theological works, the best-known being, The Cannanite Loyalties of Elohim in 2006 and A Cross once born in 2007. After his internship in Madagascar the subject of his works changed, and he wrote the ground breaking Jacob’s Stairway: A Dream for Africa and The Reformation and The Reconciliation: Ecumenicists in the Third world.
After ordination Pastor Halverson was assigned to a parish in Salt Lake City, Utah, then Houston, Texas, and finally Inner-city Los Angels. Then when he turned 37 years old his writing took a more political slant. In 2020 he wrote The Filth of American Foreign Policy, The Poverty of Nations, and Hereditary Politics. Then, in 2022 he wrote American Coup, which got him exiled to Madagascar.
Once exiled Pastor Halverson threw himself full force into improving the well being of the poor and the oppressed. He headed up the UN committee on World Hunger, taught at Cape Town Seminary, and founded the LCL.
Upon hearing of the late Pastor’s death the Dalai lama said, “Pastor Chris always knew we are all human brothers and sisters, and therefor he truly is my brother.” The Vatican released a statement saying, “While he is Protestant, we are still considering Canonize Pastor Halverson.”
Pastor Christopher Lee Halverson was preceded in death by his parents. His wife Mrs. Halverson and their two daughters and one son survive him.

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