Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Book Review: a searching Christian connects
Summary: 4 Stars
Donald Miller's book 'Blue Like Jazz' is about how an unsophisticated seeker finds ways to get close to the spirit of Jesus. At the language level of an advanced teenager, Miller describes how he helped to bring people the kind of relationship to Jesus that they were seeking. His writing speaks to the hunger for deeper meaning that many of his contemporaries want to find. His is a tale full of actual people and real events. I enjoyed reading it. Book Review: Great book especially if you are trying to share Christianity
Summary: 5 Stars
I am convinced all of my reading is based on friend recommendation and/or gifts. I loved this book a quick and easy read. It really gave some rather frank perspective on Christians, and really opening the "mystique" of Christianity to non-Christians. For those of you out there who are looking for a way to reach your non-believing friends in a manner that keeps things real, this is a a great book.Book Review: I've given tons of these away
Summary: 5 Stars
Blue Like Jazz is the book I point people to when I hear they are on a spiritual journey.My friends and acquaintances are coming out of their churches wondering if they are as faithful as they used to be, are serving in the right area, and asking what happened to the vision of their respective churches. If you are sick of the word "Christian", sick of the North American church being a country club for Christians, sick of being connected to a group of people who speak tolerance but are so intolerant, BUY THIS BOOK! See what being a "follower of Jesus Christ" with true humility, humor, and fervent renewal is all about. This ain't no disco....Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book validated so many thoughts that swirl around in my head, but I am afraid to share in my church. Why am I afarid...judgement! In Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller speaks for a generation of people the church does not understand. Book Review: Seems Sincere But Lacks Depth
Summary: 2 Stars
While I genuinely appreciate that Don Miller separates "Christian spirituality" from "Christianity" and that the book offers some helpful insights on the former, I was disappointed with its lack of depth.
Strangely, while frustrated that most people today won't seriously explore Christian spirituality, in passing references, Don Miller twice implies that the core of Buddhism amounts to making a wish and rubbing the belly of a statue of the Buddha. This is very odd because a core teaching of Buddhism is that desire, i.e. making wishes, is a source of suffering.
In a moving part of the book, a Christian group decides to set up a confessional at the site of a party on the campus of famously liberal Reed College, but the plan is for the Christians to confess to the party-goers the failings of their church. However, this story, in my view, shifts from poignant to banal when the confessions focus on issues that provoke little criticism from contemporary Americans, e.g. the medieval crusades and the church's failure to feed the poor. No mention is made of the tragic consequences of the church's actions (as opposed to inaction) today, such as suicides by gay and lesbian teens after rejection by parents acting on the advice of their churches (e.g. [[ASIN:0062511238 Prayers