From Tullian Tchividjian:
“Beginning tonight people all over the world will intensify their celebration of newness. Below is a brief meditation from my book Do I Know God? on why Christians are the ones who should be celebrating newness louder than anybody.
When God saves us, we gain a new beginning, a new family, a new purpose, and a new power.”
On Earth as it is in Heaven » Blog Archive » All Things New.
1. Stockholm Syndrome – Derek Webb
2. No Live on the Horizon – U2
3. Jars of Clay – The Long Fall Back to Earth (“Two Hands” is powerful, if somewhat diluted because of too much airplay)
4. Steven Curtis Chapman – Beauty Will Rise (Weep with those that weep, mourn with those that mourn)
5. What if We – Brandon Heath (“Give Me Eyes” reminds me of the first time I landed in Jakarta)
6. Over and Underneath – Tenth Avenue North (“Love is Here” has some awesome theology)
7. The Fall – Norah Jones
8. I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers
9. Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot
10. The BQE – Sufjan Stevens (I’ve driven on the BQE many times, and if something so depressing can inspire beauty, anything can)
Not the best of all the movies of 2009, just the best of what I actually watched..
1. Star Trek (not my favorite, but the best of the 3 or so I actually saw in a theater, the rest were on dvd)
2. The Dark Knight
3. Madagascar 2
4. Quantum of Solace
5. Up
6. Wall-e
7. Valkyrie
8. Monsters vs Aliens
9. X-Men: Wolverine
10. Bolt
If you need some cultured or thinking movie ideas go here.
The Shows I watched the most in ’09
1. LOST
2. The Cleaner
3. Criminal Minds
4. NCIS
5. The Mentalist
6. M*A*S*H
7. Dora the Explorer
8. CSI
9. Wonderpets
10. Classical Baby (usually in the rearview mirror on a long trip)
“A change of season is about as routine as it gets. Best I know, it has happened four times a year, like clockwork, as long as humans have been able to keep track of such things. But each time winter yields to spring, each time summer whispers to us that fall will soon arrive, nature is telling us a story. Nature is telling us the story of a God who is always creating, always remaking, forever crafting new beginnings. No matter how dry the sultry dog days of summer, no matter how bitter the winter death, new beauty, new life is always coming. It is only a matter of time.”