Live a better story. Centered around the making of the movie version of Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller's well-known book, his newest book is a true inspiration to make your life matter. It's not just some crazy self-help book that you won't be able to live up to no matter what you do. Thanks to Jason Wood's timely pastoral advice, God has used this book to encourage me to really examine my life.
There is just something about the narrative voice of Miller that makes you wish you were hanging out with him & his friends. I had the privilege of hearing him speak up in Austin a few years ago and I can vividly remember a movie scene he described to this day. Normally my biggest criticism about Christian books is that they are these words full of hearts and flowers that are supposed to make you feel better, but just make you feel like crap. Donald Miller manages to show God as a part of throwing up because you are riding across country on a bicycle.
I've been reading A Million Miles in a Thousand Years at night after we lay down to bed with a book light, the light of the baby video monitor, and background music of whatever is on Izzie's iPod. It has been a good reminder at the end of my crazy day to get up the next morning and remember that God has a plan for my crazy life.
I don't know what that means as far as the next step. In reality, a more accurate description of "the next step" is a lot of little steps that my husband & I will navigate together. This blog is going to be more than just a series of book reviews, it is designed to be a fleshing out of what these words mean in life. The posts will revisit books, take excerpts of books, and mesh them all together for a grand experiment. I welcome your thoughts, comments, and ideas.
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