If I were stranded on a deserted island
…here are the top five things, in various categories, that I’d bring.
Music
- Bruce Springsteen, “Wrecking Ball”
- Radiohead, “OK Computer”
- Various, “The Best Opera Album in the World … Ever!”
- Explosions in the Sky, “Take Care, Take Care”
- Gungor, “Ghosts on the Earth”
Movies
- Donnie Darko
- Wings of Desire
- Glory
- Field of Dreams
- Inception
Books
- The Common English Bible
- Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe
- The Power of Myth ~Joseph Campbell
- The Portable Jack Kerouac
- The Graveyard Book ~Neil Gaiman
Pies
- Frisch’s Strawberry
- Sweet potato
- Concord grape
- Maine blueberry
- Real key-lime pie, light on the cream, with a side of homemade vanilla.
What about you? What’s on your desert isle? Post a comment and let us know!
[...] My deserted island. Our actions betray us. [...]
Music:
* Rush, “Permanent Waves”
* Jimmy Buffett, “A1A”
* Johnny Cash, “Greatest Hits”
* The Beatles, “Abbey Road”
* Beethoven, “The Complete Symphonies”
Movies:
* Braveheart
* Schindler’s List
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
* The Return of the Jedi
* Old School
Books:
* Wilbur Smith, “River God”
* Michael Crichton, “Sphere”
* Marcus Borg, “Jesus”
* Marcus Borg, “The God We Never Knew”
* The NRSV Bible
Pies:
Can I bring pizza instead?
It’s a pie, ain’t it ?
And great call on River God; love that book.
Music:
Third Day “Chronology”
Revive “Blink”
Johnny Cash “Unearthed”
Stevie Ray Vaughn “Greatest Hits”
MercyMe “Undone”
Movies:
The Passion of the Christ
A River Runs Through It
A Charlie Brown Christmas (I know, not really a movie, but I love it)
Pirates of the Carribean (with Johnny Depp)
Up
Books:
The Bible (can I bring multiple translations and count it as one?)
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Mystery in the Night Woods (kid’s book)
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Pie:
Chocolate cheesecake
Lemon cheesecake
Raspberry cheesecake
Lemon meringue
Beef pot pie
Charlie Brown Christmas DEFINITELY counts. And I guess you’ll have to bring one of those parallel Bibles, which count as one.
Music:
Derek Webb: “She Must and Shall Go Free”
Toad the Wet Sprocket: “Fear”
Dave Matthews Band: “Crash”
Indigo Girls: “Indigo Girls”
U2: as much as I could stuff on to one CD
Movies
The Lord of the Rings
The Princess Bride
Grease
Old School
Despicable Me
Books
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Bible
Keeping Faith by Jodi Piccoult
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (I am hoping I can take the box set
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
I’m going to have to go with desert in general
Key Lime Pie (real of course…no green food coloring)
Gramma Bernie’s Christmas cookies
Lemon Blossoms
Chocolate chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Pie
Definitely no green food coloring in Key Lime Pie, and I may have to update my baggage cuz we love the Despicable Me, and if I take some DMB, has to be Before These Crowded Streets … love that album.