{this is a list of the music and the books i recommend. in case you wanted to know.} also, check out a cup and a chair on pandora! or listen to this list on grooveshark!
tracks
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- raising cain – gregory alan isakov
- full moon song – peter bradley adams
- beyond the blue – josh garrels
- ten years and seperating states – watashi wa
- letters from the sky – civil twilight
- learning to love again – mat kearney
- the reckoning – needtobreathe
- down in the valley – the head and the heart
- the good life – valencia
- begging you alive – courrier
- headlong into the abyss – we are augustines
books, i recommend:
in the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship essex by nathaniel philbrick
real life story of nantucket when it was the center of the shipping industry and it’s whaleship Essex and the tragedy of the south pacific. the boat was rammed and sunk by a whale described to be over 80 feet in length. nathaniel philbrick rewrites the story based on many points of view from the survivors who endured 90 days at sea. herman melville’s classic, moby dick, was based on this same event.
tortured for Christ by richard wurmbrand
After years of imprisonment and solitary confinement, enduring inhumane torture, Richard Wurmbrand emerges with a powerful testimony of courageous faith. Even today, believers are suffering and dying for Christ, yet their faith will not falter under the most unthinkable persecutions. In this stirring account, Wurmbrand (founder of The Voice of the Martyrs) encourages us to remember those in chains and equips us to help our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ around the world.
over the edge of the world by laurence bergreen
Ferdinand Magellan’s daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.
