Books

Big year for books! A full-term pregnancy into 2009 and I’ve already read, or listened to, 30 books (as well as the New Testament). Quite honestly I have no idea how I’ve done that, especially considering my rigorous movie watching regiment. None-the-less I’m happy to finally plow through some of these books on my bookshelf.

Here are four remaining books on my To-Read-In-2009 list:

Frankenstein – Mary Shelly
State of Fear – Michael Crichton
Team of Rivals – Doris Kearns Goodwin
Hot, Flat, and Crowded – Thomas L. Friedman

And I’m chomping at the bit to read these:

Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
Pagan Christianity – Frank Viola & George Barna
A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle
Scared – Tom Davis
The Hundredth Man – Jack Kerley
Organic Church – Neil Cole
The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore – Jake Colsen
Sticky Church – Larry Osborne

This just in! There are 2 new books coming out soon that will surely jump to the top of my list:

SuperFreakonomics – Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
What the Dog Saw – Malcolm Gladwell

I certainly have my work cut out for me.

Filed under: Books

Swim

Swim – Jack’s Mannequin

You’ve gotta swim
Swim for your life
Swim for the music
That saves you
When you’re not so sure you’ll survive
You gotta swim
And swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching
You haven’t come this far
To fall off the earth
The currents will pull you
Away from your love
Just keep your head above

I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
A crack in the armor
I swim to brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I’m not giving in
I swim

You gotta swim
Through nights that won’t end
Swim for your families
Your lovers your sisters
And brothers and friends
Yeah you’ve gotta swim
Through wars without cause
Swim for the lost politicians
Who don’t see their greed as a flaw

The currents will pull us
Away from our love
Just keep your head above

I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
Cracking me open now
I swim for brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I’m not giving in
Well I’m not giving in
I swim

You gotta swim
Swim in the dark
There’s no shame in drifting
Feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark
Yeah you’ve gotta swim
Don’t let yourself sink
Just find the horizon
I promise you it’s not as far as you think
The currents will drag us away from our love
Just keep your head above
Just keep your head above
Swim
Just keep your head above
Swim, swim
Just keep your head above
Swim

Filed under: Lyrics, Music

Enemy Among Us

Enemy Among Us – Paper Route

Fell into a hole my ears were ringing
Followed every rule and kept repeating
Could I be a fool?

In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own

There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should

And when I awoke my friends were sleeping
I put on my coat to keep from freezing
Something isn’t right

In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own

There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should

In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own

There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should.

Filed under: Lyrics, Music, Paper Route

September Debrief

» Football is back!
» Michigan already has more wins than last year!
» The Lions finally win a game!
» The Tigers are finishing strong!
» Fall softball is finally fun.
» Drove Grandma-In-Law to her family reunion in Alabama. A very quick weekend trip but enjoyed getting back on the road again. Enjoyed some out of this world catfish, hushpuppies and sweet tea.
» Lots of great music loaded up this month!
» Small group is picking up steam. So glad Steve has joined us!

The big story this month is that I failed at my goal of reading the New Testament in September. A bunch of reasons, mostly excuses, but I plan on wrapping it up before Monday. It’s been a huge learning experience and I plan on doing it again, and often. I’ll probably do it every couple months or so, switching up translations each time. The Message really threw me for a loop. Next in the que is the old standby NIV.

Books Read in September:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Drops Like Stars by Rob Bell

Movies Watched in September:
The Pickup Artist – 3/5
The Hunting Party – 3/5
The Deer Hunter – 4/5
Michael – 3/5
Spirited Away – 2/5
Romeo + Juliet – 4/5
Adventureland – 3/5
Take Out – 4/5
Cape Fear – 3/5
I Love You, Man – 4/5
Casino – 5/5
Trouble The Water – 5/5
Sunshine Cleaning – 4/5
O’Horton – 4/5
The Cider House Rules – 4/5

Previous Months:
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009

Filed under: 2009, Books, Movies, September