Blue like Jazz : nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality /
Donald Miller.
- Nashville : T. Nelson, c2003.
- ix, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Beginnings: God on a dirt road walking toward me -- Problems : what I learned on television -- Magic : the problem with Romeo -- Shifts : find a penny -- Faith : penguin sex -- Redemption : the sexy carrots -- Grace : the beggars' kingdom -- Gods : our tiny invisible friends -- Change : new starts at ancient faith -- Belief : the birth of cool -- Confession : coming out of the closet -- Church : how I go without getting angry -- Romance : meeting girls is easy -- Alone : fifty-three years in space -- Community : living with freaks -- Money : thoughts on paying rent -- Worship : the mystical wonder -- Love : how to really love other people -- Love : how to really love yourself -- Jesus : the lines on His face.
"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve....I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." In Donald Miller's early years, hew vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God.