-getting closer to God and His word -learning how to serve others, which is hard ... I realize every day how incredibly selfish I am ... -MUSIC ... I have no musical abilities of my own. But I find joy and life and comfort in great music! -I love most sports ... grew up playing soccer, mountain biking. LOVE soccer, DC United, David Beckham ;-), tennis and the NFL (Go Cowboys!) and fantasy football
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Troy Aikman, Mia Hamm, Dr. Ben Carson, Jeff Corwin
I've recently learned about several independent artists that I'm really digging on. I have no clue why I haven't heard of them before now. But thanks to a little blurb in CCM and the instant gratification of the internet, I can't get enough of Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz, Jon McLaughlin and Brooke Fraser.Some of my all-time favorites: newsboys (first concert of theirs I saw was in 1989 ... me and some youth group friends went out to Friendly's after the concert with the newsboys - well, the original ones: Peter Furler, John James, George Perdikis and Sean Taylor. I've got the pictures to prove it. :-)Some of my other faves are Lifehouse, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Tait, Switchfoot, Leigh Nash, Kutless, Kevin Max, GRITS, Toby Mac, Amy Grant, Bebe and Cece Winans, the Violet Burning, Charlie Peacock, Kirk Franklin, Mutemath, and too many others to name.I also occasionally bust out some "old school" Christian music (is that possible?) ... Whiteheart ("Freedom" is one of my favorite albums of all time), Petra, DeGarmo and Key, Russ Taff (before he turned all "Gaither"), Tim Miner, the 77's, the Prayer Chain, Steve Taylor, and the Choir.Once in a blue moon, I will indulge in some guilty pleasures ... Run DMC, aha, New Edition, KC and the Sunshine Band, Olivia Newton-John, and Peaches and Herb.
Simon Birch ... haven't seen it??? you have to see it!!!, Dead Poets Society, Some Kind of Wonderful, Can't Buy Me Love (McDreamy's first movie), the Little Mermaid, Rudy, Good Will Hunting
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The Bible, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, The Velveteen Rabbit, Where the Red Fern Grows, Night by Elie Wiesel, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, anything written by Tony Campolo, and this probably doesn't count as a book but I am a Calvin and Hobbes fanatic.
My little (6'4") brother, Alan, who just returned home safely from serving our country for 11 months in Iraq