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This is not the Don McIntyre that is “recognized as one of Australia’s major adventurers and explorers,” nor is it likely any other “Don McIntyre” that you might find simply by searching that name. Instead, congratulations if you were looking for — or don’t particularly mind stumbling into — the Don McIntyre that:

is now mostly retired from activities generally labeled “jobs” or “careers”
has dabbled to varying degrees in (alphabetical order) business management, churchy pastoral stuff, dishwashing, gas station attendant, hoboing, house painting, library administration, music production, small time showbiz, teaching/academics, the aerospace/defense industry, the camp and conference center world, unskilled labor, worship leadership, writing and publishing, all of which have offered opportunities for humility and occasional delight.
writes, produces, and used to perform songs, including many for Christian or Christianish venues.
behaves offensively more often than the average, sometimes because of a lack of conventional social graces; other times because certain forms of real love disturb the emotional comfort of the recipient.

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No matter how large it grows here, this will always be just a smidgin, but I plan to to keep adding to it here as time allows. (That statement has more than one meaning.)

The Book of Fragments already exists in hundreds of pages of notes, various creations, and wild or boring revelations bubbling up from the abyss. The impulse to “publish” something with that name remains strong, but I blame no one for moving on to something more digestable. This is a 50+ year project of exploration, research, analysis, laughter and tears, prayer, songs, wordsmithing and bewilderment. And actually two books were published out of the effort.)

I have tried to explain things to others because the frustrating burden of using words to connect to another human continually forces me to examine and re-examine what I thought I understood, and how it was best to connect to other earthlings. (I tried to revise that into less cumbersome language, but I leave it as is because it proves the point.)

In any case, I write in order to partner with God (and other humans sometimes) in my own deliverance from the evil forms of ignorance. So the primary objective is served in the writing itself. Sometimes others seem to benefit as well, but I am learning to lower my expectations to a more reasonable level in that regard.

Thanks for taking a moment or two here. I know you’re busy enough with your own mysteries. Finally, and most important by far, please ask Christ Jesus to intervene in whatever needs intervening. It’s not about religion (not even “Christianity,” and definitely not about what is thought of as “church” in our dying culture). It’s about…

…a real Person who really has — really IS — what we need, and
…gathering with others who are eager to gather with Christ
…and learning from Him how to be together.

Say a genuine hello! don@donmcintyre.com

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