Book Review: Blue Like Jazz
Book Review: Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
One of my favourite things in life is sitting down in a corner booth, with a coffee in my hand for a long intimate conversation with a close friend. That time of open and deep conversation seems to last forever, but regrettably comes to a close for whatever reason. Reading through "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller was just that. It was like sitting down with an old friend and catching up on things.
His refreshing honesty, openness and view on life struck a cord in my heart. To take a line from his own book, I ate it. I just inhaled the book, and someday I might actually go back for seconds. I've even heard his other book Searching for God knows what is even better.
The section on his Reed College Renn Fayre confession booth was worth the price of the book alone. I've also read that there will be a movie about it. I'm not sure how well the book will translate to a movie, and I doubt it will do it any justice. The book is written in a style that I can simply describe as a conversation. He makes you feel like you're talking to him, at times I even found myself responding mentally to a comment.
He is a big proponent of the emergent church. There are things theologically that I don't agree with that particular movement, but one thing I do like is that they love people. God called us to love those that no one else does. I'm guilty of not loving everyone, something that I'm very ashamed of. I pray God opens my heart and stretches me to a point where I have no other option.
I recommend this book to anyone between the ages of 18 and 40. If you're younger or older than this the topics in it may not hit your heart strings like it did mine, but that doesn't make them any less relevant. If you're trying to understand the current post-modern culture, he is a perfect case study on why so many people have become disenfranchised by Christianity.
Read this book. You will not regret it.
"What I believe is not what I say I believe. What I believe is what I do"
- Donald Miller
One of my favourite things in life is sitting down in a corner booth, with a coffee in my hand for a long intimate conversation with a close friend. That time of open and deep conversation seems to last forever, but regrettably comes to a close for whatever reason. Reading through "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller was just that. It was like sitting down with an old friend and catching up on things.
His refreshing honesty, openness and view on life struck a cord in my heart. To take a line from his own book, I ate it. I just inhaled the book, and someday I might actually go back for seconds. I've even heard his other book Searching for God knows what is even better.
The section on his Reed College Renn Fayre confession booth was worth the price of the book alone. I've also read that there will be a movie about it. I'm not sure how well the book will translate to a movie, and I doubt it will do it any justice. The book is written in a style that I can simply describe as a conversation. He makes you feel like you're talking to him, at times I even found myself responding mentally to a comment.
He is a big proponent of the emergent church. There are things theologically that I don't agree with that particular movement, but one thing I do like is that they love people. God called us to love those that no one else does. I'm guilty of not loving everyone, something that I'm very ashamed of. I pray God opens my heart and stretches me to a point where I have no other option.
I recommend this book to anyone between the ages of 18 and 40. If you're younger or older than this the topics in it may not hit your heart strings like it did mine, but that doesn't make them any less relevant. If you're trying to understand the current post-modern culture, he is a perfect case study on why so many people have become disenfranchised by Christianity.
Read this book. You will not regret it.
"What I believe is not what I say I believe. What I believe is what I do"
- Donald Miller
Labels: Blue Like Jazz, Book Review
posted by Unknown @ 9/19/2007 10:56:00 PM
2 Comments:
At 8:25 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Hey Ryan
We have the book Searching for God Knows what, and you're welcome to borrow it. We actually read that before reading Blue Like Jazz.
Enjoyed both very much...
Praying for you.
Allie and Mark
At 12:27 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Thanks for writing this.
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