My favorites:
1. ESV Study Bible (still at the top a year later…in print, on the web and on my phone)
2. Prodigal God by Tim Keller
3. Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
4. Death by Love by Mark Driscoll
5. Vintage Church by Mark Driscoll
6. The Jesus Story Book Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
7. Gospel Powered Parenting by William Farley
8. The Gospel-Driven Life by Michael Horton
9. How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
10. Boneman’s Daughters by Ted Dekker
“Once it was completed, it became the Rodney Dangerfield of the city’s bridges. “Does it have a Roebling?” Mr. Holzer said, referring to the family that masterminded the Brooklyn Bridge. “Does it have Tony Bennett on the other end in Astoria, the way the 59th Street Bridge does? No. It’s the bridge between the Brooklyn Bridge and the 59th Street Bridge, two famous icons that dwarf it.””
The Manhattan Bridge, 100 Years on, and Still No Respect – NYTimes.com.
Food Favorites from ’09…that I may need to avoid in ’10
1. Papa John’s Pizza
2. Subway
3. Wendy’s
4. McDonald’s breakfast
5. Golden Corral
6. China City
7. Jade East
8. Super China Buffet (are we sensing a theme?)
9. Tim Horton’s
10. Cold Stone Creamery
OK make that really, really need to avoid, at least on a weekly basis.
Praying that it is only a rumor:
“The Embassy said the warning initially came from the Bali governor, Mangku Pastika, and that it passed on his alert verbatim. The governor, however, said there was no information about a new terrorist threat.
“We never release(d) any warning related to terror on New Year’s Eve,” the governor’s office said in a statement after the Embassy released the warning.
“We however encourage both domestic and foreign tourists to be cautious,” the governor’s office said. “The terrorists hit Bali twice. Who knows what they will do next.””
U.S. Embassy warns of possible New Year’s attack on Bali – CNN.com.
Where was I in 2009?
1. Work
2. Home
3. My Grandmother’s House
4. Church
5. WalMart
6. Kroger’s
7. Pediatrician’s office
8. China City Restaurant
9. Huntington, WV (Borders, Starbucks, Old Navy and Target)
10. Columbus, OH (Barnes and Noble, the Apple store, Taste of Bali and I-270)
Bonus: Atlanta, GA (for a friend’s wedding and the farthest from home we managed to travel)
We didn’t make it back to Indonesia this year, but have firm plans for next May.