Blue Like Jaz-Donald Miller

[corpselight]

anyone read this? not at all universalist, but i think it shows, in a light hearted, liberal and sometimes funny way, how God changes people.
personally i've got alot out of it, and it may've been a paving stone to where i am now...nearly a universalist

[pilgrim]

Yes. It's a while since I read it but I remember I got a lot out of it. I liked his approach which seemed refreshingly honest.

[corpselight]

Yes. It's a while since I read it but I remember I got a lot out of it. I liked his approach which seemed refreshingly honest.

indeed! i've recommended it to quite a few people.

[AaronK]

I read "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What" years ago... and absolutely loved them both. These books played an integral part in opening my eyes to the love of God and the shortcomings of popular, traditional christianity...

[corpselight]

I read "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What" years ago... and absolutely loved them both. These books played an integral part in opening my eyes to the love of God and the shortcomings of popular, traditional christianity...

brilliant!
what was funny was that the people that gave me the book ...well let's say they're not quite that liberal! as great and loving as they are, liberal or universalist they are not...so it was a surprise, and a real blessing, to receive that book.
i must get round to reading more of his.

[AaronK]

I think Miller's books have a strong appeal to anyone who has spent a lot of time in the traditional scene... even if they are not liberal themselves, something about Miller's approach is still appealing.

I also read "Through Painted Deserts" and "To own a Dragon". I thought both of these were mediocre. But "Searching for God Knows What" was as good, if not better than, "Blue Like Jazz".

I would like to read his newest, but haven't had a chance yet - too many other good things to read and study.

[SLJ]

I've never heard of Donald Miller, but I just checked my library and they have "Searching for God Knows What."

Maybe I'll take a look! Thanks for the recommendation!

Sonia

[Melchizedek]

I remember having Donald Miller as a speaker at a local conservative baptist retreat a few years ago. Definitely not liberal or universalistic, but I did like his sweeping analogy of God telling His story (in which we all play roles) using all of the elements of good storytelling; protagonists, antagonists, etc. It definitely said something to me about God, and it was more universalistic than I'm sure anyone else there (including Don) realized. He was a very engaging and refreshing speaker, on the whole.