Well, it’s that time again. Here’s my 2005 list of my favorite things I read and listened to this past year. I only read one fiction book this year, but I have several fiction books I hope to read in the coming year. I also didn’t read as much this year. With back surgery, then moving back to Little Rock from Alabama, and various other reasons, I just didn’t read as much as I wanted. I actually have several partially read books that I don’t anticipate finishing before year end. So, with that said, here’s my list for this year.

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Book of the Year

• Seizing Your Divine Moment : Dare to Live a Life of Adventure - Erwin McManus

Runners-up

• We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families : Stories from Rwanda - Philip Gourevitch
• God’s Politics : Why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn’t get it - Jim Wallis
• The Barbarian Way : Unleash the Untamed Faith Within - Erwin McManus
• Blue Blood : Duke-Carolina : Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops - Art Chansky
• Obsessed - Ted Dekker

Honorable Mention

• Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations about God, Community, and Culture - Spencer Burke
• The Gutter : Where Life’s Meant To Be Lived - Craig Gross
• The Church of Irresistible Influence : Bridge-Building Stories To Help Reach Your Community - Robert Lewis
• A Fragile Stone : The Emotional Life of Simon Peter - Michael Card

Other stuff I read

• It Takes A Village Idiot : Complicating the Simple Life - Jim Mullen
• flashbang : How I Got Over Myself - Mark Steele
• EPIC - John Eldredge
• I’m Back For More Cash - Tony Kornheiser
• Home Court Advantage : Preparing Your Children to be Winners in Life - Kevin Leman
• Eyes Wide Open : Looking for God in Popular Culture - William Romanowski

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Album of the Year

• I See Things Upside Down - Derek Webb

Runners-up

• Reflection Of Something - Todd Agnew
• Nothing Is Sound - Switchfoot
• A Collision - David Crowder Band
• Ogre Tones - King’s X
• X&Y - Coldplay
• All To You - Lincoln Brewster
• Eternity With You - Clay Crosse

Honorable Mention

• Brave - Nichole Nordeman
• …And The Rest Will Follow - Project 86
• Panic - MxPx
• The Art of Breaking - Thousand Foot Krutch
• Wherever You Are - Third Day
• Restored - Jeremy Camp
• Atom Bomb - Blind Boys of Alabama
• Worship In The City - Grace Church Worship Band
• Redemption Songs - Jars of Clay
• Farewell - Petra

Other stuff I listened to

• Death on the Road - Iron Maiden
• Look To You - Hillsong United
• Strong Tower - Kutless
• For All You’ve Done - Hillsong
• The Great Depression - Blindside
• All The Right Reasons - Nickelback
• Better Days - Robbie Seay Band
• Passion 05 : How Great Is Our God - Passion Worship Band
• mmhmm - Relient K
• Day of Fire - Day of Fire
• Dirty Diamonds - Alice Cooper
• In Christ Alone - ZOE Group