Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
by:
Donald Miller (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B000TRMM8M
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
The altar call at the end of the book kind of summed up why I didn't care for it. Although the author had many, wonderful insights into Christianity, I felt I was being sold a bill of goods throughout. I would have preferred a series of open-ended discussions. So many times, the author came close...
Written by Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz reads like conversation between deep, soul-searching friends. He isn't afraid of ambling along. He isn't afraid to be completely transparent - which is why this book is equally profound and disturbing. The subtitle "Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spiritua...
I just could not put this down!
There were a lot of good points in this book, but so much of it was a view of Christianity that was based on feeling. It seemed to portray how Christians have traditionally done things or believed, and then counter it with "I think" or "I felt". There was very little basing of his ideas on Scripture...
My relationship with this book has taken quite a journey. Upon my first read through, I was not impressed, and at times felt the desire to fling the book against the wall. The second time, I argued with it. And the third time, I finally realized all the things I was arguing with were things I had al...