Wanderings of a Post-Modern Pilgrim: Christmas 2010

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December 25 -
The Sunday After Christmas

Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year.

~Author Unknown

~~~movies

..: MI4: Ghost Protocol
..: Spy Who Came In From The Cold (DVD)
..: The Artist
..: Duck Soup (DVD)
..: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
..: Win Win (DVD)
..: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
..: Pirate Radio (DVD)
..: Tree of Life (DVD)
..: My Week With Marilyn
..: Midnight in Paris
..: A Game of Honor (Show)
..: Inglourious Basterds (DVD)
~~ July - December 2011
..: War Horse
..: The Descendants
..: The Bucket List (DVD)
..: Hugo (3D)
..: The Help
..: 50/50
..: Ides of March
..: The Way
..: Moneyball

~~~ books

:.. Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite- Mark Liebenow
:.. The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern
:.. 11/22/63- Stephen King
:.. State of Wonder- Ann Patchett
:.. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created- Charles C. Mann
:.. The Lacuna- Barbara Kingsolver
:.. The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
:.. Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World- John Shelby Spong
:.. The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks- Russell Banks
:.. Home Field: Writers Remember Baseball- John Marshall (Editor)
:.. Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned- Kenneth C. Davis
:.. The Art of Fielding: A Novel - Chad Harbach
~~~ July - December 2011
:.. Pulphead: Essays- John Jeremiah Sullivan
:.. Salt: A World History- Mark Kurlansky
:.. The Passage: A Novel- Justin Cronin
:.. How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival- David Kaiser
:.. God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre- Richard Grant
:.. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970- David Browne
:.. Embassytown- China Mieville
:.. Home Field: Writers Remember Baseball- John Marshall, Editor
:.. Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing- L. L. Barkat
:.. All the Lives He Led- Frederik Pohl
:.. Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between- Jeff Sharlet
:.. A Step from Death: A Memoir- Larry Woiwode
:.. You Only Rock Once: My Life in Music- Jerry Blavat
:.. Apples- Frank Browning
:.. Words Made Fresh: Essays on Literature and Culture- Larry Woiwode
:.. Broken English: An Amish-Country Mystery- P. L. Gaus
:.. The End of Country- Seamus McGraw
:.. Blood of the Prodigal: An Amish-Country Mystery- P. L. Gaus
:.. the god cookie: a novel- Geoffrey Wood
:.. Hell Is Empty: A Walt Longmire Mystery- Craig Johnson
:.. The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande- Angela Garcia
:.. Junkyard Dogs: A Walt Longmire Mystery- Craig Johnson
:.. The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering- Melanie Thernstrom
:.. Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir- Oscar Hijuelos
:.. The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song- Elena Mannes
:.. The Sportsman: Unexpected Lessons from an Around-the-World Sports Odyssey- Dhani Jones
:.. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin- Erik Larson
:.. Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me: A Memoir. . . of Sorts- Ian Morgan Cron
~~~ January - June 2011
:.. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris- David McCullough
:.. Started Early, Took My Dog- Kate Atkinson
:.. Community of the Cross: Moravian Piety in Colonial Bethlehem- Craig D. Atwood
:.. The Wisdom of Wilderness: Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature- Gerald G. May
:.. The Dark Horse: A Walt Longmire Mystery- Craig Johnson
:.. The Lincoln Lawyer- Michael Connelly
:.. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - Christopher McDougall
:.. Branch Rickey- Jimmy Breslin
:.. My Story as Told by Water- David James Duncan
:.. Time Travelers Never Die- Jack McDevitt
:.. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention- Manning Marable
:.. The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics- John Pollack
:.. Spiritual Evolution: How We Are Wired for Faith, Hope, and Love- George E. Vaillant
:.. Another Man's Moccasins- Craig Johnson
:.. Bardisms: Shakespeare for All Occasions- Barry Edelstein
:.. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood- Jane Leavy
:.. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey- Candice Millard
:.. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived- Rob Bell
:.. Echo- Jack McDevitt
:.. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer- Siddhartha Mukherjee
:.. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle- David Wroblewski
:.. The Pilgrimage- Paulo Coelho
:.. Speaking of Faith- Krista Tippett
:.. Glory in the Fall: The Greatest Moments in World Series History- Peter Golenbock
:.. All Clear- Connie Willis
:.. Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela- Conrad Rudolph
:.. The Girl Who Played with Fire- Stieg Larsson
:.. I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas- Lewis Black
:.. Kindness Goes Unpunished- Craig Johnson

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

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