Book Description
Reflections of a Dinosaur Priest is the culmination of a lifetime of experiences. Father James Lloyd has been a New York state licensed psychologist for 30 years with a PhD in psychology from NYU. He likes to say, "I am half Russian Jew and half Irish but ALL Catholic. My parents were Vaudevillians and I was a classic 'dirty neck kid' from San Juan Hill in West Side Manhattan." As an adult, Lloyd spent time as a missionary in southern Africa, taught theology, was the rector of a seminary, and hosted an interview show, Inquiry, on WNBC for 15 years. On his show, he interviewed a tremendous variety of celebrities, including Bill Buckley Jr., Mother Teresa, David Susskind and Jackie Gleason. He has worked with divorced and separated Catholics, with widows and widowers, and with men and women who struggle with same-sex attraction. He has preached missions in parishes, given retreats to clergy, taught psychology on the undergraduate level, and was the Director of the Graduate Division of Pastoral Counseling at Iona College for 20 years. This book presents a series of convictions about life and its meaning through the eyes of what he has seen of life. Each writing articulates his beliefs and a deeply personal view of the world as it stands today.
