Reading, Football (College, Pro, PeeWee), Day Trips with my family, Jesus Christ, the Dharma Initiative.
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I'd like to meet:
Jesus Christ, Apostle Paul, Peter, John, Judas Iscariot, Abraham, Isaac, Esau, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Elijah, the 4 Kings Saul, David, Solomon & Hezekiah, the prophet Nathan, Uriah the Hittite, John the Baptist, Charles Lindbergh, Harry S. Truman, Abraham Lincoln, F.D.R., Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Clive Staples Lewis, Tony Campolo, John Wesley, Charles Finney, Keith Green, Jerry Seinfeld, Madonna, Eminem, Billy Graham, U2 (especially the EDGE), Philip Yancey, Mother Theresa, and William Wilberforce. Interesting question....I'll keep thinking about it b/c I'm sure there's more.
Music:
U2, Otis Redding, Leeland, Hillsong United, David Crowder, Louis Armstrong, Coldplay, Jason Mraz, Mozart, Rich Mullins, Keith Green, Damien Rice, Ray Charles, Bebo Norman, John Mayer, Neil Diamond, The Fray, Norah Jones, Joel Goddard, Ginny Owens, Allman Brothers Band, Jack Johnson, Blind Boys of Alabama, Matt Papa Band, Paul Simon, Randy Newman but NEVER Jessica or Ashlee Simpson.
Movies:
It's A Wonderful Life, Braveheart, Band of Brothers, Hoosiers, Forrest Gump, Dead Poets Society, Clear and Present Danger, Shawshank Redemption, Gladiator, Scent of a Woman, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Hunt for Red October, Batman Returns, U2 Concert at Slain Castle, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tommy Boy, Dumb and Dumber, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Amadeus, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Television:
Monday Night Football, SportsCenter, The First 48, American Justice, The News (I'm a news-junkie!), LOST, 24 & another show that comes on Thursday nights.
Books:
The Bible (of course), Anything by Flannery O'Conner (she's a legend from my home state of Georgia!), "The Jesus Creed", "The Chronicles of Narnia", Mostly Everything by Andy Stanley & the Northpoint crew, Andrew Murray's "Abide in Christ", "The Cost of Discipleship" (Bonhoeffer), "Knowledge of the Holy" by A.W. Tozer, "Leadership and Self Deception", "The Way of the Heart" by Henri Nouwen, "To Own A Dragon", "The Divine Conspiracy" by Dallas Willard, "The Contemplative Pastor" by Eugene Peterson, "A Tale of Three Kings", "Abba's Child" by Brennan Manning, "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell, All of Philip Yancey's stuff, "Wisdom Hunter", "Orbiting the Giant Hairball", "Blue Like Jazz", "The Testament" by John Grisham, "Mere Christianity" by Lewis, "Spiritual Leadership" by Sanders, "America is too Young to Die" by Leonard Ravenhill, any quote I've ever read by C.H. Spurgeon or Charles Finney, "Experiencing God" by Blackaby, "Esther" by Swindoll, "Confessions" by St. Augustine, "Wild at Heart", "Your God is Too Safe" by Buchanan, any Bible Commentary by J. Vernon McGee, "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers, "Developing the Leader Within You" by Maxwell, anything by Watchman Nee, etc, etc, etc....for many more see my collection in the red room in Modesto that I call my Office.
Heroes:
Jesus Christ, Apostle Paul, Moses, Wesley, Luther, Spurgeon, Graham, any Martyr who has preferred to be killed rather than deny his or her faith in the Risen Christ, Aqua Man.
AQUAMAN.....a true American hero.
