The blog of J.L. Wasson

2010 bests.

songs.

10. dry my eyes - paper aeroplanes

9. opposite of adults - chiddy bang

8. 10 mile stereo - beach house

7. nw apt. - band of horses

6. teenage dream  - the rescues (not katy perry’s version)

5. run the heart - sleigh bells

4. wake up your saints - the national

3. grow till tall - jonsi

2. awake my soul - mumford and sons

1. sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains) - arcade fire

albums:

10. all day - girl talk

9. the orchard - ra ra riot

8. infinite arms - band of horses

7. treats - sleigh bells

6. go - jonsi

5. teen dream - beach house

4. invented - jimmy eat world

3. contra - vampire weekend

2. sigh no more - mumford and sons

1. suburbs - arcade fire

concerts. 

5. temper trap

4. manchester orchestra

3. needtobreathe

2. phoenix

1. vampire weekend/beach house

books. 

This was my first entire year not enrolled in seminary courses. I might actually write a follow up blog on the reasons why I left seminary and some plans I have for the future - but that is for another time/place. With the academic time on my hands I attempted to read a book a week throughout the year. Here are, in really no particular order, 15 of my favorites from the year.

15. the war of the lamb - john howard yoder

14. ethics - dietrich bonhoeffer

13. the great emergence - phylis tickle

12. postmodern youth ministry - tony jones

11. counterfeit gods - tim keller

10. the glass castle - jeannette walls

9. let justice roll down - john perkins

8. in the name of jesus - henri nowen

7. the promise of despair - andrew root

6. against the tide - miroslav volf

5. resident aliens - stanley hauerwas

4. jesus wants to save christians - rob bell

3. why christian - douglass john hall

2. almost christian - kenda creasy dean

1. a community called atonement - scot mcknight

I should say as well, having met and fallen in love with the beautiful Abby DeCicco has been the best highlight of twenty-ten. I’m incredibly blessed to buy her dinner every now and then. She even lets me hold her hand sometimes. She puts up with the chaos in my mind and confronts and redeems my pseudo-nihilism. Her love for people and her work for justice in a very broken world is humbling. Her family and friends have been a wonderful gift this year.