Review: Blue like Jazz

"The most difficult lie I ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me."

i read this book a while ago but it has been on my mind lately so I thought i would share a little about it.

Blue Like Jazz ia an autobiographical book by Author Donald miller. In this writing Miller attempts to show a more humanistic point of view on topics such as God, the church, Politics, etc. The book, appropriately subtitled “Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality,” takes the reader through a series of experiences from childhood to adulthood that have challenged the writer to believe In God in an entirely different way that what he was originally taught. Failures on behalf of the church and Christians drove him away from the church only to return irresistibly drawn to the true love of God as discovered through various experiences mostly on the Reed College campus in Portland, Oregon, with friends Christian and unchristian alike. Miller tackles subjects such as social consciousness, romance, forgiveness, religion, self-involvement, and Jesus in a non-religious point of view that leaves only pure, benevolent love as the answer to our questions about the true meaning of life and the true nature of God. Miller asks the questions that sometimes Christians dare not and also finds appropriate, biblically accurate responses to said inquiries. I definitely recommend this book to everybody out there.