Posted on June 9, 2009 at sometime around 7:31 pm
The latest “tagging” of notes on facebook is people sharing the 15 most influential books on their lives they can think of in 15 minutes. I normally avoid things like this, but I was interested in some of my friends picks and decided to do it myself. I thought for those that follow me here and not on facebook, I would share it here. Here are the 15 books that will stick with me for the rest of my life (which I noticed afterward was more reflective of “books I’ve enjoyed after my first year out of college”):
1. Velvet Elvis – Rob Bell
2. Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
3. The Rise of the Creative Class – Richard Florida
4. Tribes – Seth Godin
5. The Shack – William Paul Young
6. Artist Management Manual – Jeremy Rwakaara
7. Worship Matters - Bob Kauflin
8. All You Need to Know About the Music Business – Donald Passman
9. Adventures in Missing the Point – Brian Mclaren and Tony Campolo
10. UnChristain – David Kinnaman
11. Wisdom for a Young CEO – David Berry
12. Jesus for President – Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw
13. How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth – Gordon D. Fee
14. I Am America and So Can You – Stephen Colbert
15. When I Don’t Desire God How to Fight for Joy – John Piper
It’s interesting! You should do it too. Here is a link to the conversation on facebook or you can comment here. Recommendations welcomed!
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Posted on March 22, 2009 at sometime around 8:10 am
I received an email back from Seth Godin! I was really excited, since he is one of my favorite thinkers. So let me just say the first thing that came out of my mouth was “holy crap! Seth Godin read my blog!”. My second thought was “[swear word]. The reason he is writing is to make a correction.” Haha. He wrote an email to me with a subject that read “I didn’t say songwriters weren’t needed” and the body saying:
“thanks so much for the kind thoughts and the list
but
I said they were going to have a hard time getting paid. That’s a different thing. We sure need them….”
He is right. I actually was headed out the door to work and didn’t even check over the blog (I just took notes on the second half of the presentation after I realized how much truth he was speaking). Even when I wrote that, I meant songwriters in the traditional sense and being able to easily make an income off of that medium alone, but I still quoted wrong. Some songwriters will still be able to make a living, but the market is changing. The lyricists are half of the song though! Without the words, we would not be moved to creative thoughts on how to deal with this life. Thanks for reading my post, Seth, and continue your great writings/teachings.
