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  1. Herb Wagemaker
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    April 16, 2010
    Herb Wagemaker
    This is a great book by a good post modern Christian writer. I would give it to any of my non Christian friends.
  2. mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christia
    March 25, 2012
    mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
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    I don't know that I have ever read a book like Blue Like Jazz before. Author Donald Miller is a best-selling American author and public speaker based out of Portland, Oregon who focuses on Christian spirituality as "an explanation for beauty, meaning, and the human struggle." He is also the author of Searching for God Knows What and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.

    Miller writes, "There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz. And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere. Of course, I had always known He was, but this time I felt it, I realized it, the way a person realizes they are hungry or thirsty. The knowledge of God seeped out of my brain and into my heart. I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her."

    Blue Like Jazz is the coming of age story of the author as he struggles with his own ideas of religion and the new world he encounters away at Reed College. This isn't your parents "Inspirational Christian Reading" book either, this is a visceral piece full of honesty and truth. Blue Like Jazz is easily one of the best Christian experience books I have ever read. Donald Miller is an extremely talented writer. Blue Like Jazz will make you laugh out loud at the same time it will ask you tough questions.

    Read with caution! Highly recommended.
  3. Kacey Saltsman
    Pell City, Alabama
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    October 30, 2009
    Kacey Saltsman
    Pell City, Alabama
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    This book is a must read!! It took me back to my childhood religional upbringing. I remember asking my present pastor why it was necessary to join the church. And while what he said made sense, and I joined the church, I have Still retained this idea that it was being like a business and this book dispells all of those myths. It reminds us of what Jesus' ideas and purpose was all about. What the true purpose of Christian Spirituality is.Would that everyone could read this book maybe we could get back to the basics of Jesus. It is written with humor and Irony anda decided critique of the spirit and love of Jesus that should be in all of us. This book has brought me back to my child-like beliefs and the grassroots of love of Christ. Back to the real, uncomplicated, simple beliefs that Christ tried so deperately to instill in all of us. It brings sanity back to Christianity.
  4. Nnena Okeke
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    February 4, 2009
    Nnena Okeke
    This book changed my life! Those who found it non-biblical or evil are the pharisees of present day. Miller talks about real Christians who struggle with their sin and their need for self-justification. It is a relief from preppy southern church goers who, deep down, think they are high above everyone else. Blue Like Jazz reminded me there is a reason Paul was stoned and beaten countless times and why Peter was crucified upside down. Blue Like Jazz reminded me that my religion wasn't a religion but my relationship to a God who loves me beyond comprehension and who wants more from me then just going to church on Sunday and feeling self-righteous because I shared the gospel with x amount of people today. Blue Like Jazz reminded me that being a Christian is not owning a large house and voting a certain way. The book was radical, Jesus was radical. This book said things people are not gonna want to hear and Jesus said things people didn't wanna hear. its worth it whether you agree with it or not.
  5. Richard Schultze
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    April 2, 2010
    Richard Schultze
    An irreverant reverence, each chapter can be read apart from each other, making this an ideal book to carry around when you have a few minutes time here and there. Havi9ng said that I still found it hard to put down.
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