The tragic death of Vivian's brother when he was a teenager was the impetuous to Vivian and his mother searching for a spiritual reason for this traumatic loss that led them to the Baha'i Faith. Vivian is now retired from being a secondary school teacher. At the end of 1999, he got involved in a youth empowerment program started by the Baha'is in Swindon, England that was transformative and successful and was instituted in a number of schools there. He wrote about the experience in his book Nurturing a Healthy Human Spirit in the Young. Vivian wrote a 2nd book entitled Navigating Materialistic Minefields. He had a dear friend who was an atheist and they would have wonderful deep conversations and after his friend passed away, Vivian decided to write this book dedicated to his friend that would answer some of the questions from a different perspective than the one his friend held.