As 2012 comes to a close, it’s always fun to look back on
what I partook in. I keep a pretty
thorough calendar, so the following is culled from glancing through my records
of the past 12 months (this is what consumes time on a boring flight across the
country). Here’s a sampling of
what I was involved with this year…
WORK (It’s not so
much a job as it is “a calling”):
7,130 needy third world children sponsored through 32 radio
campaigns our
Radio
Department at Compassion International organized
Represents approximately $16.4 million over the next 5 years
for good health, education,
nutrition,
clothing, Spiritual encouragement, and opportunities for these kids
13 radio marathons hosted in different cities
4 additional radio interviews regarding Compassion’s
outreach
5 conventions/retreats
4 overseas trips where I was group leader (Bangladesh,
Haiti, Guatemala, and Colombia)
105 conference calls
TRAVEL:
78 (including my 1,800th) flights going through
31 different airports covering 81,650
miles.
45 cities in 18 states and 9 countries
4 new countries visited (Bangladesh, Palestine, Israel,
Jordan), for a lifetime total of 54.
26 different rental vehicles
27 different hotels
4,055 road miles while on the job/vacation
107 days on the road
WRITING:
65% finished with manuscript of my second book, tentatively
titled, Riff Rock:
Confessions
of a Not-So-Holy Roller
54 blogs for MarkAHollingsworth.com, Blogger, Facebook,
MySpace
Over 5,000 e-mails/social networking posts
READING:
I read 36 books this
year. Here are my faves…
Falling Upward,
Richard Rohr
Blood Brothers, Elias
Chacour
Israel/Palestine: A
Christian Response, Craig Michael Nellsen
Which Jesus? Choosing
Between Power and Love, Tony Campolo
Across the Wire, Luis
Alberto Urrea
Bad Religion: How We
Became a Nation of Heretics, Ross Douthat
Cloister Walk, Kathleen
Norris
It’s All About God:
How Isam, Atheism, and Judaism Made Me a Better Christian, Samir
Selmanovic
Into the Beautiful
North, Luis Alberto Urrea
The Poverty and
Justice Bible (at least 48 different authors) *
*re-read
Also read…
Over 300 newspapers
Over 100 magazines
Over 150 articles on-line (research for book)
Over 200 Facebook Profiles
Over 7,000 e-mails/social networking messages
FILM:
I saw 81 films in
theaters and on DVD in ’12. Here
are my faves….
Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Spy
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Artist
Blue Like Jazz
Prometheus
Looking for a Friend at the End of the World
Moonrise Kingdom
Bernie
The Dark Knight Rises
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Hellbound
Looper
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Life of Pi
Argo
Samsara
Searching for Sugarman
Celebration Day: Led Zeppelin
Lincoln
The Sessions
Les Miserables
Chasing Ice
With God on Our Side
MUSIC:
I purchased 26 CD’s
and listened to hundreds more albums. Here are my new faves from ‘12
Flying Colors, Flying
Colors
Ralston Bowles, Little
Miracles
Ian Anderson, Thick as
a Brick, Part 2
Phil Madeira and Friends, Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us
Phil Keaggy, Live at
Kegworth
Rush, Clockwork Angels
Neal Morse, Momentum
Hands, Hands
Keith Emerson Band, Live
in Moscow
Steve Hackett, Genesis
Revisited II
I saw 67 concerts/speaking
engagements…here are the most memorable:
Dave Perkins and Friends, 3rd and Lindsley,
Nashville, TN
Glass Harp, Two Old Hippies, Nashville, TN
Bob Roberts, Christ at Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem,
Palestine
Sami Awad, Christ at Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem,
Palestine
Gary Burge, Christ at Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem,
Palestine
Sang Bok David Kim, Christ at Checkpoint Conference,
Bethlehem, Palestine
Stephen Sizer, Christ at Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem,
Palestine
Salim Munayer, Christ at Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem,
Palestine
David Crowder Band, Friend Fest, Nappanee, IN
Neal Morse Band, Rocketown, Nashville, TN
Tony Campolo, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
Ian Anderson Band. Ryman Aud., Nashville, TN
Shaun Groves, Life Church, Canton, MI
Phil Madeira and Friends, Downtown Presbyterian, Nashville,
TN
Shane Claiborne, Massey Hall, Belmont Univ., Nashville, TN
SUNDRY:
17 Nashville Predator hockey games
31 gatherings of Curious Souls support group
88 business and/or friendship lunches
12th year as member of Servant Leadership Council
for The Village Chapel
9 days in hospital for urinary tract infection, heart
palpitations, coronary ablation surgery
8 pieces of property researched in Guatemala
7 parties/picnics
2nd year as member of the board for Touchstone
Youth Services
1 new roof on house
1 new siding on house (and still red velvet paint)
1 new sewer line running under back yard
I reseeding of
back yard grass
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