I enjoy Laughing with my wife, playing with my son, telling stories to high school students that encourage their trust in Jesus, playing with my dog Katie, watching movies, talking about movies, making fun of movies, even reading reviews about movies, reading, working out, and using parentheses and dot, dot, dots (...) a lot when I type.
In no specific order...Pat Conroy (novelist), Mel Gibson, Mahatma Gandhi, Morgan Freeman, C.S. Lewis, the Apostle Paul, Jon Bon Jovi, Bono, Malcom X, Cameron Crowe, Stephen King, Denzel Washington, JFK, and Michael Scott!
* u2 * mat kearney * counting crows * goo goo dolls * bob dylan * chris tomlin * pearl jam * david crowder * bon jovi * bruce springsteen * explosion in the sky * caedmon's call * jimmy eat world * coldplay * sarah mclachlan * rich mullins * aaron carmichael * rob maupin * hillsong united *bono is my favorite worship leader:
wow, next to jesus, family, ministry and reading; movies are my life! so, i'll just list some all-time favs: * almost famous * AMERICAN HISTORY X * batman begins * the big kahuna * breaveheart * breakfast club * butterfly effect * CAN'T HARDLY WAIT * collateral * CRASH * dead poets society * donnie brosco * donnie darko * dumb and dumber * A FEW GOOD MEN * footloose * frailty * FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS * GLADIATOR * good fellas * GOOD WILL HUNTING * GOONIES * green mile * HEAT * ICE AGE * karate kid * ladder 49 * legends of the fall * LETHAL WEAPON(S) * life * life as a house * LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE * man on fire * meet joe black * minority report * mystic river * rain man * ransom * ROCKY 1-4 (NOT 5!) * Rocky Balboa * ROUNDERS * saving private ryan * SEVEN * shadowlands * SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION * SIGNS * sleepers * sling blade * STAND BY ME * star wars saga * superman 1 * a time to kill * to end all wars * TOMMY BOY * TOMBSTONE * TOY STORY 1&2 * traffic * training day * unforgiven * we were soldiers * what's eating gilbert grape * white squall
THE OFFICE, friday night lights, heroes, 24, friends
such a constant part of my daily life, i'll only list some favorite authors. NONFICTION: * the holy spirit * philip yancey * brennan manning * c.s. lewis * john stott * andy stanley * donald miller * eugene peterson * doug fields * frederick buechner * gregory boyd * n.t. wright * john piper * mike yaconelli * peter kreeft (for SKEPTICS: www.peterkreeft.com). FICTION * pat conroy * stephen king * dennis lehane * c.s. lewis * robert mccammon * dean koontz. FAVORITE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: God's smuggler by brother andrew * george muller * to end all wars by ernest gordon * evidence not seen by darlene deibler * malcolm x * gandhi: an autobiography * my losing season by pat conroy
JESUS CHRIST, who ruined my life in the most beautiful way...i wouldn't have missed it for the world.MY WIFE, my best friend, who loves me even after knowing me deeply; and after dating since 1992 and being married since 1998, she still laughs at my jokes and compliments me constantly...i couldn't have dreamed of a better mother for my children.MY SON, who embraces life everyday with wild eyes and furious laughter; who finds me enjoyable and runs to the door at the end of each day screaming "daddy, daddy!" when he hears the garage door open!MY DAD, who set my childhood ablaze with little-boy wonder and adventure; who taught me about integrity, peace, kindness, and how to be a man...and who baptized me in our bathtub at 3am one chaotic Tuesday morning when I was 17.MY MOM, my mentor in the art and love of reading, who served my family with endless care and when i entered college, became one of my dearest friends.HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, who are willing to trade temporary pleasures to love God and love people during the most extreme 4 years of their lives.