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Blue Like Jazz

Author: Donald Miller
Publisher: Nelson (Thomas) Publishers,U.S.
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 11399

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7

ISBN: 0785263705
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3082092
UPC: 020049024874
EAN: 9780785263708
ASIN: 0785263705

Publication Date: January 1, 2001
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•	Hardcover - Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Thorndike Inspirational)
•	Paperback - Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Walker Large Print)

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4 out of 5 stars

definitely Christian, but possibly not what you'd expect December 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Bought in an US airport lounge as the speel in the Author's Note at the front caught my attention.

'I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside Bagdad Theatre in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for 15 minutes, and he never opened his eyes.
After that I liked jazz music.
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.
I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.'

Pretty American but not anything like stereotypical American Christianity. Seems like Generation X with faith. Probably most attractive to the 20's and 30's age group.

Doesn't seem at all pretentious, just a book by and about someone trying to grapple with their faith in God and how that matches or doesn't with what they grew up being taught.

Really easy to read and will definitely throw up some questions for anyone with a christian based belief system.

5 out of 5 stars

Inspiring September 7, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Easy book to read..

Has a story about repentance forgiveness that is truly powerful... Buy it just to read that!!

Was bought to me by a friend - have recommended it to numerous others!

5 out of 5 stars

The Christian Woody Allen February 3, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful

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'.

5 out of 5 stars

Stunnin' September 13, 2005
5 out of 12 found this review helpful

This is a great book, that has the feel of a story but is more academic.

So, a cool book that may very well help ou change your outlook on life...

5 out of 5 stars amazing July 28, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

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.