Mar 06
Well I was pretty bad about doing this every month last year, hopefully this year will be better. In lieu of giving everyone birthday presents, our family (on my mom’s side) has decided to select our own choice of a book and a CD or DVD and to pass it around to other family members throughout the year. It is a nice way of reading/seeing/hearing things we might not normally hear and to see what others are interested in. (The original post is here.) If you want to see any of the posts I did last year (I kinda fell off after May…), you can see the category: Family Book and CD/DVD Exchange. I will (hopefully) be posting a monthly review from my selection.
My Selections:
This year my book selection is The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is by N.T. Wright. This is a great book on the historical Jesus by a great New Testament scholar. The book is, indeed, challenging and helps to form a healthy understanding of what the Gospel message should look like in our lives.
My CD selection is John Van Deusen and the Lonely Forest, his second EP. John is a talented young musician from Anacortes, WA who has some amazing potential. I will be posting a longer review of this CD shortly so you can know more about it [EDIT: I have posted a review of The Lonely Forest's EP]. I have posted quite a few times about John Van Deusen, so check those out for more info and some of his music.
I think there are a lot of good selections this year so be on the look out!
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Posted by Matt Jones @ 6:25 pm on March 6, 2006 • Filed under: Family Book and CD/DVD Exchange
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Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage… » The Lonely Forest on 11 Apr 2006 at 1:35 am Said:
[...] I promised a review of The Lonely Forest’s new EP a while back so I suppose I should keep my promises! My sister Erin introduced me to John Van Deusen’s music a while back and I have been enjoying his talents ever since. After his debut self titled solo album I have been eager to hear more. With some restructuring of a few of his groups, The Lonely Forest was born. The Lonely Forest with John as the primary creative force produced their second EP that bears the name of the new band (This EP is my selection for this year’s Family Book and CD/DVD Exchange). While too short to completely tide me over, I was blown away by the creative sounds and lyrics spewed forth out of the guitar, keys, and vocal chords of this young musician and the rest of his band. John has mentioned working on a (full length) project dealing with the pros and cons for belief in God that I really look forward to (although John’s father, Rusty, sadly informed me that it will still be a while – which is fine, of course, because thier new EP is quite amazing). [...]
Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage » The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time on 03 Apr 2007 at 6:05 pm Said:
[...] week I finished up Erin’s pick for this year’s 2006 Family Book and CD/DVD exchange. Here selection was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. The mystery [...]