Where the Light Shines Through by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's 2016 album turns scars into windows, a bright alternative rock record about light breaking through the broken places.
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Ice Age: Collision Course
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), directed by Mike Thurmeier, sends the herd on a race against time when Scrat accidentally launches an asteroid towards Earth. Ray Romano voices Manny, who must lead his friends to a place that can stop the impact.
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Go All the Way by Charles Bukowski
if you're going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don't even start.
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The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski
your life is your life; don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), directed by Michael Bay, shows the attack on a US compound in Libya in 2012 AD. John Krasinski plays Jack Silva, a guard who fights to stay alive.
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Have It All by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2016 live album is a generous worship set about surrender, asking God to have it all.
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Here as in Heaven by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2016 live album is a bold worship set about heaven touching earth, led by O Come to the Altar.
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Let It Echo by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2016 live album is a stirring worship set about a presence that fills a room and echoes outward.
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The Patriot Attack by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Patriot Attack, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith investigates a brewing war between Japan and China driven by a powerful new metal.
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Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies (2015), directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the true story of James Donovan. He is a lawyer who swaps spies during the Cold War. Tom Hanks plays Donovan with steady calm.
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Surrender by Kutless
Kutless's 2015 album, contemporary worship driven by Christian rock, songs of giving everything over to God.
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Inside Out
Inside Out (2015), directed by Pete Docter, shows the mind of Riley, an eleven-year-old girl. Amy Poehler voices Joy, the leader who keeps smiles. Phyllis Smith acts as Sadness, soft and blue.
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This Is Not a Test by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2015 album, bright Christian hip hop and pop rock about living each day as if it counts.
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How Can It Be by Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle's 2015 debut, soulful Christian pop and pop rock built around grace that is hard to grasp.
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The Geneva Strategy by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Geneva Strategy, co-authored with Jamie Freveletti, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts kidnappers who seized officials at a Geneva summit and threaten a cyberattack.
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Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American comedy series. It aired on NBC from 9 April 2009 to 24 February 2015. Greg Daniels and Michael Schur created it. Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope, a cheerful and driven mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, Indiana.
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The Mentalist
The Mentalist is an American crime drama series. It aired on CBS from 23 September 2008 to 18 February 2015. Bruno Heller created it. Simon Baker plays Patrick Jane, a former fake psychic who now works as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Interstellar
Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan, follows Cooper, a pilot turned farmer in a dying world. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper with heart and grit.
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We Will Not Be Shaken by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2015 live album, recorded outdoors at Shasta Lake, a steady set about standing firm in trust.
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Wake Up the Wonder by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's live album, recorded before sixteen thousand voices, a big and hopeful set about awe restored.
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Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama series. It aired on FX from 3 September 2008 to 9 December 2014. Kurt Sutter created it. Charlie Hunnam plays Jax Teller, the vice president and later president of an outlaw motorcycle club in the fictional town of Charming, California.
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Another Journal Entry by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2005 release, guitars with weight and drive. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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The Janson Option by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Option, co-authored with Douglas Corleone, Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid head to Somalia to rescue an aid worker held by pirates.
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Healing Rain by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2004 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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John Wick
John Wick (2014), directed by Chad Stahelski, follows a retired hitman who returns to the criminal underworld after a group of thugs steal his car and kill the puppy his dying wife left him. Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, a man the whole underworld fears.
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