About The Candleman

Looking very much like my father, The Candleman, by James C. Christensen, has always been a bit of an inspiration to me.  I don’t measure up, I’ve just set my sights there.  I like how he is not the source of light, just a bearer of it.  I like how he cares for little kids.  When it came time to choose a moniker The Candleman was the first thing that came to mind.

I am marred these 35 years to the most wonderful girl on the planet.  We have four lovely, grown, daughters.  One is married to a fine man, my first son.  They have two children, a boy, six and a girl, four, who live right through my back fence and are the apple of my eye.

I am a retired UPS driver.  I volunteer several hours a week a the local Juvenile Detention Center and I am Facilitator at three 12 Step Groups.  I’m presently remodelling my house after a flooded basement completely totalled the lower level.  In that process we decided to move the stairway to a different location, which project has affected all but two rooms upstairs.

I am an active Latter-day Saint, married in the Temple, who loves to serve in the Kingdom.  I served a two year mission for the Church in the Philippines.  My personal relationship with Jesus Christ is my most prized possession.

I am a jack of all trades, master of none.  I have just found life too interesting to focus on one thing while neglecting something else.  I love to build, cook, read, bird watch, fish, hike, camp, spot wildlife, and geocache.  I’m into photography, genealogy, archaeology, history, biology, paleontology, theology, philsophy.  I enjoy, people, travel, the journey, music, my family, children, blogging, learning, and I hate cats!