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Tagged: One Book January 5, 2008

Posted by Phillip in Books.
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Well, WorshipCity tagged me with this one, so here goes.
 
1. One book that changed your life:
 
I’m reminded of a Jim Gaffigan line: “Did you ever read a book that changed your life? Me neither.” 
 
Anyway, I can’t think of a book that actually changed my life, but Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis challenged me about a lot of things. 
 
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
 
The Chronicles of Narnia (all of them) – This is the understatement of the month, but C.S. Lewis was a freakin’ genius. There is so much depth packed into these “children’s stories” that they’re pretty much a crash course in theology. My personal favorites are The Magician’s Nephew and A Horse and His Boy.
 
Runners-up: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Gunslinger (my all-time favorite Stephen King book)
 
3. One book you’d want on a desert island:
 
I could do the Sunday School answer and go with The Bible, I guess. There’s certainly plenty of material there to occupy a lifetime of solitude.
 
4. One book that made you laugh:
 
Pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman – Stardust, Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline…
 
5. One book that made you cry:
 
The Road by Cormac McCarthy – Well, I almost cried at the end. This is an amazing book, about a father and son trying to survive in post-apocalypse America. It’s not sci-fi, it’s more about the relationship than the setting.
 
6. One book that you wish had been written: 
 
How to Make Money Without Actually Getting a Job and Working 
 
Seriously.
 
7. One book that you wish had never been written:
 
Lullaby by Chuck Pahlaniuk – This one made me ill. Don’t read it. For real.
 
8. One book you’re currently reading: 
 
The Present Future by Reggie McNeal – This book is basically about how the modern church in America is failing. It has become a consumer product – so obsessed with having the best show and the coolest programs that it has forgotten the Great Commission. Good stuff.
 
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read:
 
Sex God by Rob Bell – Hey, it’s Rob Bell. ‘Nuff said.
 
10. Now tag five people:
 
Samuel aka “Portorikan”, Ig, Victor, Jeff, Justin 

 

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1. portorikan - January 6, 2008

Done. :)

2. worshipcity - January 10, 2008

Jim Gaffigan! YES! Hooot Pockets. I love that guy!

3. ig - January 14, 2008

You had to do it….. :)

Thanks. I’ll be thinking books now!

IG