Seven Sevens (Almost)

Both Charlie Lehardy, whose blog is called Another Think, and John Schroeder of Blogotional, have hit me with a meme.

For the uninitated, this is sort of like a chain letter in which bloggers are asked to respond to a series of questions.

The meme they sent my way is the by-now-famous, Seven Meme, to which Jan of The View from Her has also responded.

Seven Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die:

• Write a book of practical inspiration

• Write a book of history or biography

• Record a collection of original songs

• Write and host a Cosmos-like presentation of the Gospel

• Travel (especially return to England and Germany and go to France, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and Japan, as well as to those US states I've not yet visited)

• Orbit the earth in space

• Sleep in the White House

Seven Things I Cannot Do:

• Play an instrument (even though I do compose songs)

• Change oil in a car

• Paint a wall without dripping paint everywhere

• Watch the ultimate scenes in It's a Wonderful Life, Field of Dreams, or Mr. Holland's Opus without crying

• Find my way anywhere using a map (I need written directions)

• Leave the label visible when I hang up a bath towel

• Understand the appeal of the movie, Titanic

Seven Things That Attract Me to My Wife:

• Her honesty

• Her common sense

• Her disinterest in receiving gifts

• Our shared philosophies of life

• Her integrity

• Her commitment to Christ

• Her impatience with phoniness

Seven Things I Say Most Often:

• "Am I calling at a bad time?"

• "I love you" (to my wife and kids and some of my friends)

• "Let's just give it a rip and see what happens"

• "I may have to blog about that"

• "Does that make sense?" (said to make sure I'm not just jawing incomprehensibly)

• "I've got a lot I want to get done today"

• "How are you doing today?"

Seven Books I Love:

• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

• Prayer by Ole Hallesby

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (especially volume 7, The Last Battle)

• Patriarch by Richard Norton Smith

• Lincoln by David Herbert Donald

• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

• Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham

Nine Movies I Watch Over and Over Again:

• It's a Wonderful Life

• Field of Dreams

• Bishop's Wife

• The Sword in the Stone

• Casablanca

• Citizen Kane

• The Philadelphia Story

• Spanglish

• Napoleon Dynamite

Seven People I Want to Invite to Join This Meme:
I won't list anybody here. But if any of the regular readers of this blog who are bloggers themselves want to participate, I would be interested in how you respond to these seven questions.