Product Description

A minister who has been a frequent radio, TV, and college guest speaker recounts his zealous early life pursuit of the Christian life and his experiences of emptiness and spiritual detachment, tracing his quest to connect with a God he perceived as distant.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9019 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Customer Reviews

amazing
this is an amazing book. I loved every word and read it over and over, underlining parts I liked best or things that struck me, writing bits in my journal to think upon. It would be a book I'd lend a friend whom I'd been talking about Christ with. It's so approachable and down to earth and Don is not scared to share honestly, which I found really refreshing.
I think I want to read his other books now.

One word: WOW!
This book will tear to pieces any stereotypes you have about Christians, or if you are Christian, it will make you serious reconsider what that means. Donald Miller puts a voice to powerful and radical ideas regarding following Jesus Christ. He is easy and fun to read, yet his messages are profound. This book, critical of Christian culture and an advocate for Christian spirituality, will surely have an impact on the Christian world. I highly recomend it to anyone interested in Christ, or in spirituality at Reed College.

The Christian Woody Allen
Got to the end first time round and decided i just had to go back and highlight all the 'cool' things he says!He is like a Christian Woody Allen - all angst and introspection - but not just about girls, about most things in life, especially his Christian faith. Some seriously funny bits, so be warned. He is a new breed of Christian writers, like Rob Bell, who are sort of re-defining the Christian Faith for this generation. So much of what they say resonates with me. It is not so much that they deconstruct the previous Christian worldview, which is fairly obvious and easy for anyone to do. It is that they write from their own experiences and from their own hearts about why that worldview (or perhaps churchview) does not work for them. They then paint a picture of what the way of Jesus looks like to them.
Miller writes from the experiences of his friendships, and disarmingly passes on his friends wisdom, as if he hasn't got his own views. But he has, and they are 'beautiful' as he would say. Oh, and he doesn't want to talk about 'Christianity' anymore 'because what does that mean anyway?' he wants to talk about 'Christian Spirituality' - Whatever term he uses, let him, he does it so charmingly in a way you want to go with him, even if he is a bit 'flaky and all'.