Personally Interviewed by Bethany Kathleen Grace

FULL NAME: Daniel William Sage

STUDENT COUNCIL POSITION: Social Concerns Coordinator. My position is “awesome and people should listen to what I have to say and go to my events!” (said in a humble manner )

HOMETOWN: Wingham, Ontario. Don’t go there at all! It is “boring.”

CURRENTLY RESIDES: On campus.

HOME CHURCH: Saint Andrews Presbyterian in Wingham. Here I attend The Gig. (He took the opportunity to show me the website. J)

FAMILY: Well, I live with my parents when I was in high school. I have two little sisters named Rebecca and Morgan. My sisters are awesome.

PETS: A golden retriever named Winston. He is not very smart.

HOW DID YOU GET TO EBC: Well, how did I get to EBC? I was trying to figure what I was supposed to do with my life and through a series of events I felt that I should go into ministry and uh, I had heard of EBC from a Look In and I came in and checked it out and really liked it. I ended up coming the next semester. One thing that sold me to come here was contemporary evangelism course when I sat in at a class. That caught me and the fact that everyone was so nice.”

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Um, went to FE Madill High School. I took five years there and I played on the high school rugby team for five years.”

FAVOURITE BOOK AND WHY: Uhmm my favourite book…wow..uhmm.. currently it is the Irritable Revolution. I really like just the ideas that he brings in that book. . . It’s refreshing to compare it to what I hear preached on the pulpit.

FAVOURITE FOOD: I am not sure really. But my favourite drink is Iced Tea or Orange Juice.

FAVOURITE BIBLE VERSE: James 2:11-17, “Faith without works is dead.”

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON TODAY AND WHY: The most influential person in my life would have to be my friend Adam, just because he is someone I look up to a lot and he’s a great man of God who I have turn to a lot for advice.

FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER AND WHY: Let me think, DarkWing Duck!

DREAM VACATION: I wish to go backpacking in Europe, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

COURSE YOU WOULD LOVE TO TAKE AT EBC AND WHY: I would love to take Documenting Justice because it sounds like it’s a very good course and it seems intriguing.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE PLACES WITH ANYONE FOR A DAY AT EBC-WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY: Tabitha Rozeluk because she is a lot different than I am and it would be very interesting to see the world through her eyes for one day.

A QUOTE FOR THE MASSES: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King Jr. ( Dan needed to make sure this was accurately stated. )

NAME YOU WISH YOU WERE GIVEN: I don’ want to change my current name. like it just the way it is.

FAVORITE TV SHOW (S): Arrested Development and The Hour

WHERE HAVE YOU TRAVELLED THE FARTHEST: Scotland, England and Whales.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW? Royal blue tee under a “Angry Agency” band sweater and denim shots and high top hemp “fair trade” shoes

HOW DO YOU WANT TO DIE? I want to die by “exploding in flames.”

EMBARRASSING STORY: I was out with some friends and we were going to a movie and all my friends were sitting in the Chapters next to the theatre. Me and this other guy went to buy the tickets and when we were leaving the movie theatre I went to walk out the door but when I went to walk out the door it was actually a pane of glass. I banged my head.

HOW HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED GOD TODAY?: I went to chapel today and I am the sound man for one of the chapel teams. It was awesome to stand up with the team and being able to have community with them. We are being involved in our respected ministries.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM GOD THIS YEAR? I expect God to teach me a great deal of things about myself and life, and the role and purpose that I am suppose to pursue in my life.