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fascinating story of a father and son fighting to live in post-apocalyptic america. dark, yet moments of hope. from the same author who wrote no country for old men.
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the similarities between pan and i are endless! to see why read this previous post. much darker and much better than what we all grew up watching!|five|
rob bell is my sensei...well, actually jesus is, but rob bell speaks to me. this is a great book on human sexuality and how it relates to our relationship with God. chapters sexy on the inside and under the chuppah are brilliantly insightful.
rob bell is my sensei...well, actually jesus is, but rob bell speaks to me. this is a great book on human sexuality and how it relates to our relationship with God. chapters sexy on the inside and under the chuppah are brilliantly insightful. for the singles out there i'd encourage you to download bell's sexy on the inside sermon. it is one of the best sermons i've heard on our value "even though we aren't married". please insert as much sarcasm as possible within the quote marks!
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history fascinates me. especially the hippie era. there was so much happening politically, socially, and musically. this is probably the best book i've read on the era. kurlansky dives into everything that was happening in the world at the time giving sufficient pre-history to understand the full weight of the events of '68.
history fascinates me. especially the hippie era. there was so much happening politically, socially, and musically. this is probably the best book i've read on the era. kurlansky dives into everything that was happening in the world at the time giving sufficient pre-history to understand the full weight of the events of '68.for those who love czech, obviously, this is the year of prague spring and he does a fabulous job covering it, even devoting multiple chapters.
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i love road trips. there is something about starting out on an adventure to somewhere new, not knowing what you're going to experience. because of that i love stories of travelers. this is an amazing story of a man (and his dog) seeking answers to life and giving america one last chance and finding that america is all about the people.|two|
warning: do not read this if you like living your life the way you have been.this book rocked (and is currently still rocking) my world. shane's heart for the poor and marginalized is convicting and inspiring and probably not too far off of jesus'.
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here comes the history again...
here comes the history again...mlk jr. may have been the most important person of the 60s if not the second half of the 20th century. the lengths he went to inspire an entire race (and some of the nation) to enact the laws set forth after the civil war is amazing. his love for his people and his faith in Christ were his why and ghandi's example of non-violent resistance was his how.
i was surprised to see how much his faith influenced why he did what he did.
honorable mention:
the fall_camus
the great divorce_lewis
slaughterhouse five_vonnegut
don quiote_cervantes
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I really want to listen to that rob bell sermon, do you have a link? I googled and googled, and just found people referencing it in their blogs (including yours!) :)
Also, I love that version of peter pan. I should re-read it.
if google can't find it then ain't no search engine going to find it! :)
i have it, so if anyone is interested in that sermon, i have it and can email it to you. email me at nhughes@josiahventure.com.
I've heard a lot about Irresistible Revolution. And I want to read Peter Pan.
I AM SO GLAD that you put the REAL Peter Pan on this list. What a marvelous book huh? Sometimes Aaron reads to me at night (a corney little thing of ours) and we picked up the amazing REAL version of Peter Pan, and it was brilliant. Wouldn't it be great if they made a movie on the REAL book and not the Disney stuff? The book Mary Poppins is like that too. If either of those were in movie form it should be more like the movie "Big Fish" not a Disney. Anyway, all that to say we were meant to be friend! :-)
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