Eight or nine months ago I got an email from a guy named Mark Davis.  Could I give him a call.  I was travelling – out of the country, I think – and the message got buried.  He emailed again.  Then he called.  I thought, Okay, this guy is serious – let’s find out what this is all about.

Mark is a large animal vet in Florida (think James Herriott in the Florida sunshine).  He is also, like my colleague Craig Sorley, a missionary kid who grew up in Africa.  He has a passion for Africa’s wildlife that matches Craig’s love for Africa’s birds and trees.  He is also a phenomenal photographer.

Anyway – Mark is involved in a film project to save the critically endangered Black Rhino.  Midway through the project he got hold of my book, Our Father’s World, and decided he needed to turn the film from a general nature appeal to an appeal directed at churches, using the force of the biblical arguments.  And he needed someone to talk on film about some of these issues.

Would I come to Florida?

I would.  And did last March.  A delightful day and half with Mark, his videographer and family.  The film is still in process, but Mark has given us permission to post some of the footage of me answering his questions.  These are on YouTube, but we’ve also set up a series of pages on this blog to give you access to them, and to add your own comments if you like.  Start here, (there’s also a tab at the top left) and then look below the first clip for links to five others.

Let us know what you think, and share with your friends.

• By Ben DeVries, October 10, 2011 @ 7:27 pm

  Ed, I really look forward to seeing what comes of Mark’s project. Could you perhaps forward my info to him? I’d love to feature it somehow down the road. Thanks much,
  Ben

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