Larry Moffitt: Excuse My Religion [Podcast Ep. 11]

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Today we’re joined by Larry Moffitt, Secretary General for North America of the Universal Peace Federation and Executive Director for The Washington Times Foundation. All his life, God has been knocking gently on Larry’s door. Somehow, he always knew there was a God who had a personality, ideas, and opinions. Starting in high school, he set out to find Him, or Her. He was open to God being female long before it was cool.
During his first two years in high school, he began a nightly prayer: “God if you ever need me to do anything, please just ask and I’ll do it. Amen.” Nine years later, God did just that.

In the Unification Church, he has had an eclectic career, from singing in a rock band called Sunburst to emceeing for every church holiday for five years. When Larry founded The News World team in 1976, it marked a fork in the road away from academia and theology and onto the path of communication and media that has marked his contribution to the Unification movement ever since.

Larry attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a bachelor’s degree in radio, television, and film, with minors in journalism and photojournalism. He has a master’s degree in communication, obtained on a fellowship grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Larry has lived happily ever after with his wife Taeko and five children. His memoir Searching for San Viejo: Notes to My Younger Self is available on Amazon.