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The One Campaign, 24-7 Prayer,Good Search, Amnesty International, Poverty Fighters, Sojourners, Relevant Magazine, Interference, Donald Miller, Paste Magazine, U2, Jon Di Venti, Cornelis Monsma, Republic of Tea, Photo JS, Michael Kenna, Oxfam International, RED, Make Poverty History, DATA, The Ooze, The Bible Site, The Hunger Site.
You . . . and Bono.
Mute Math
Mute Math, U2, Sufjan Stevens, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Doves, Sigur Ros, the National, Bjork, Radiohead, Dirty Three, PJ Harvey, Coldplay, Common, Lauryn Hill, Joseph Arthur, Damien Rice, Johnny Cash, Kanye West, R.E.M., Blind Melon, Miles Davis, Tricky, Moby, Portishead, White Stripes, The Shins, Wilco, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, John Coltrane, Norah Jones, DJ Shadow, Smashing Pumpkins, NIN, U.N.K.L.E., the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Midnight Oil, Bob Dylan, Rage Against the Machine, The Roots, Garbage, Hayden, Loreena McKennitt, etc.
"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "American Beauty," "The Green Mile," "Pay it Forward," "The Passion of the Christ," "The Passion of Joan of Arc," "Crash," "Walk the Line," "The Chronic (what?) les of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe," "Good Will Hunting," "Reality Bites," "Wings of Desire," "Hotel Rwanda," "Whale Rider," "Road to Perdition," "Shawshank Redemption," "Napoleon Dynamite," "Waking Ned Divine," "Saving Private Ryan," "L.A. Confidential," "Heat," "The Pursuit of Happyness," "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman," "Spider-Man" 1 and 2, "X-Men" 1 and 2," "Schindler's List," the "Bourne" trilogy.
BBC News and CNN, especially Anderson Cooper 360 and Larry King Live, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, Scrubs, The Office. The Daily Show
The Bible (NIV and The Message); "Blue Like Jazz," by Donald Miller; "God's Politics," by Jim Wallis; "Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2," by Steve Stockman; U2 At the End of the World," by Bill Flanagan; "The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash," by Dave Urbanski; "The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within," by Erwin Raphael McManus; "Red Moon Rising: How 24-7 Prayer is Awakening a Generation," by Pete Greig and Dave Roberts; The Screwtape Letters," by C.S. Lewis.
Jesus Christ, for taking my spot and then rewarding me for it; my wife, for her love, faith, strength and ability to overcome life's challenges; my boys, Brendan and Aidan, for learning to walk, talk and what it means to love a person; my parents, for always being there for me; my sisters, for their inspiration and support; my friends, for their character . . . and for being characters; and anyone else who dares to change the world or add to its beauty.