Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled "Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and responsibility for an authentic personal response to that understanding.
Don's book has a certain authentic warmth about it. It is one of the few books I have read that felt conversational (Call of the Wild was a book that felt conversational to me). Each page was like talking with a friend at a coffee shop. And in this case, a very funny, honest and intelligent friend. This book reminds me that there are a lot of people in the world that love God (Jehovah God, the god of the Bible). And to many of us, God is not so easily filed into comfortable little places like denominations and church bylaws. God is a being and this book begs the question, "How do I respond to this entity?" When you find out about God and his "person" as revealed in Bible scripture, how do you interact with him?
Donald, if you ever read this, thanks! This book made me want to become a writer.
Would I recommend this book: YES
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