Best of 2009
(disclaimer: these are not necessarily things from 2009, but things I came across & consumed in 09)Best Books:
It was a 3 way tie:
1) A Praying Life
- because it is so instructional & hope-inspiring
1) Peace Like a River
- because I am new dad & was a sucker for the father/son relationship & the description of Heaven towards the end of the book is worth a lot of gold
1) Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl
- because it has my favorite answer to the problem of evil I've come across & it helped me to see how much the Sovereign stooped to save a wretch like me - I ask "why me?" much less because of this book
Best Podcast:
This American Life
- because it's real, captivating, hilarious, tear-jerking, informative, & takes story-telling to an other-worldly art form
Best Movie:
Children of God
- because I used to want to adopt children someday. but this movie made adoption a need, a fire, an obsession in my heart. it also made me hate sin & Satan more.
Best Music:
Hide Away in the Love of Jesus from the album Come Weary Saints
- because it has been a weary, victorious year, & this is my anthem
>Honorable Mention:
All Jon Foreman albums which were new to me in 09 & James Horner's soundtrack to The New World
