Stephen just got his WORLD magazine in the mail yesterday, and it had a great feature article where a very random selection of noteworthy people listed their favorite (not "The Greatest") books and movies for the last twenty years. The basic jist of the article was that although Christians bash popular culture a LOT of the time, we can also appreciate those "pop culture" products that are worth paying attention to. WORLD did not ask me for my list in time for publication, so I decided to display my own contributions here:
BOOKS:
A Return to Modesty by Wendy Shalit: a very readable discussion of the cultural consequences of devaluing modesty as a virtue.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver: a sobering but compelling story of missions gone wrong.
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough: this whole series will teach you more about daily life in the last days of the Republic than any class could ever do. Plus, it's a story!
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller: I love Miller's conversational style as he discusses following Jesus vs. traditional Christian culture. I don't agree with everything he says, but he raises some important questions.
MOVIES:
Father of the Bride: This movie could not be funnier, and Steve Martin looks just like my dad. I could watch this a million more times.
Pride and Prejudice: the miniseries: The only time I will say that watching the movie is as good as reading the book.
The Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition DVD: The anniversary DVD allows this movie to fall into my "20 years" category, plus it has lots of good interviews. I love this movie; it gave me a vision for my own future family life. If you ever see a bunch of children and their mom riding bikes around the streets of Waco singing in harmony, it's the Watsons! (No word yet on where all this musical talent will come from...)
The Buttercream Gang: They don't make them more wholesome than this. Was anyone else a childhood fan of Feature Films for Families?
This list is clearly incomplete: now it's your turn to add to it!
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Oh my goodness! The Buttercream Gang!! Here's a Feature Films for Families for you: Rigoletto! A friend of mine just found a copy for me at 1/2 Price Books for $2--I can't wait to watch it again!
(And this is Lydia, not Karen. Karen infiltrated my computer and I was unknowingly signed in as her! I'd have to "navigate away from the page with unsaved changes" if I wanted to sign in as me, but that seemed like too much work. Instead, I am writing this horribly long paragraph to explain. Don't think I saved much time....)
I remember Buttercream Gang too! That's really funny, I didn't know anyone else ever watched those. It seems like I remember my friend Kelena and I thinking one kid on there was really cute. :)
Scott Carpenter was my first crush! So cute!
Yes, I love Rigoletto, also. I had the soundtrack!
Well, this is the real Karen, and sorry, I don't know about the Buttercream Gang. I feel left out! But, Lindsey, I've been meaning to ask you... what are you holding in your picture? And who's that bald guy next to you? Isn't he the winner of the harry-man contest?
This is Ms.D, Lydia and John's mom, Karen's m-in-law. She suggested I read your post because I receive WORLD mag also and enjoyed the lists.
Yes, we bought Feature Films for our kids, and Rigoletto was by far the favorite.
My current favs:
book: Blue LIke Jazz, Miller; anything Jan Karon or Bodie Thoene
classics: Chronicle of Narnia, Lewis; anything by LM Montgomery
movies: You've Got Mail, Ever After, Phantom of the Opera (I'm a movie buff so it's hard to narrow it down)
music: Casting Crowns, 4Him
Karen says y'all are clones so I'm sure I'd like you, too since I think Karen is great. I'm a teacher, too; I teach GED literacy to incarcerated adult men.
Lindsey, I found something where we're not alike. You're a reader. I'm not. Can we still be friends?
Yes, Karen, let's. Just never say "I don't need to read the book because I already saw the movie." It might literally make me keel over.
I never listed my favorites.
Books: The Mitford Series, Redeeming Love, Life of Pi, The Pleasure of My Company (Steve Martin),
Movies: Father of the Bride, While You Were Sleeping, You've Got Mail, In Your Shoes(awesome, and with many levels), also both the new and miniseries Pride and Prejudice
Music: Jadon Lavik, Nichole Nordeman, MercyMe
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