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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God.
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415 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
Different lens on Christianity...
My brother is theologian, an avid reader and a missionary in a third world country. He recently told me I should read this book because it was the best book he had read in the last 5 years. I myself am a believer, but I sometimes have a hard...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Calling all legalists--please read and put us out of our misery!
As a right-wing conservative, I feel God would have me say that.....
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great Honest Book of a Christian in Growth
This book is nice because you see Don Miller's thoughts as he thinks them. It's written in a stream of conciousness point of view and this makes it so relatable for anyone presently growing in their christian walk, or just someone curious about...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
Don miller doesn't "sell jesus"
I have grown up in a very catholic environment which usually does one of two things to teenage girls: turns them against catholicism, or gets them pregnant. I have gone through many phases in my spirituality and do not appreciate people "selling"...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
Exactly what I've been looking for
Miller put many of my thoughts and feelings into words. Like Miller, I was raised in fundamentalist Christian "religion" but spent much of my formative spiritual life frustrated by how much of Christian religion looks nothing like what the bible...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
No More Kitty Pool Christianity
Donald Miller writes in a raw and transparent way. The jazz motif is pretty cool. Yet, my generation is tired of playing spirituality against religion. We are ready to dive deeply into the Scriptures and develop a faith that hungers for the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
if I could give it negative stars I would
Don't waste your time or your money. Stabbing myself with a dull pencil would have been more enjoyable
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 30, 2007 Type: User Review |
Blue Like Jazz
My pastor's wife has started a book of the month type of club and this was the first book she asked us to read. This is definitely not the type of book I would have chosen and after having read it, I felt like it was one of the worst books I had...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 29, 2007 Type: User Review |
Wonderful
Great mix of both direct "nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality" and indirect thoughts, told through stories of the author's life. I highly, highly recommend it!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 24, 2007 Type: User Review |
Light reading
Excellent book for a someone who is not ALL that into religion because it is a story about someone who was brought into religion and finding a place for it in his life. There are no definitive statements like "this is the right way to live". The...
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