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 Loved It! Nov 22, 2009
This was a great read. I really identified with a lot of Miller's musings, including how self-centered we who live alone too long can become. It was the type of book where I found myself underlining and bookmarking certain passages, and I have a feeling I'll read this over and over again. I bought a paper copy for my sister for her birthday.
A Rhapsody (not a Riff) on Christian Love and Hypocrisy Nov 14, 2009
The book has many moments of clarity for the soul, whether one is Christian or not. Through its relaxed but brutal honesty and selfless tone, one gets to plumb the full depths of both his Christian and his non-Christian humanity, and that is the way it should be. Although I am no longer a Christian, I still have no problem listening to people of faith whose messages ring true with the reality we both share. As this author notes early in the book, wearing Christianity like an enforced strait-jacket, leaves little room for the moral mind to see the full frame and range of moral or even human possibilities. Too many people come to religion because they have nothing else to do, and become moral pygmies and lemmings in their religion even before they understand the full parameters of their faith, their humanity, their life or the morality in which they are situated.
The author tries to "walk the talk," but doesn't get upset nor apologizes when he asks the wrong questions of his god, or when he falls off the Christian bandwagon, as he often does here. It is precisely in those moments of clarity and honesty that he is at his best and that he learns to trust his faith.
This book thus is about the life of a Christian, but also about life more generally, beyond just Christianity. And his vantage point: that of a Christian who can see beyond the bounds of his Christian faith might irk doctrinaire Christians. However, the very fact that he has an exterior view over the Christian horizon means that he can be a more active and perhaps a more dangerous soldier of his God, rather than a passive and unwitting tool of the devil, as he suggests that many mindless Christians become. His view of reality is not just a "pasted on Christian doctrine, qua ideology:" It is about doing things moral that make a difference in the world, and being there, aware that this is what being a Christian means and is all about.
He iterated over a life span to this understanding about himself and about his religion from a dirt poor childhood and the keen mental sensibility that such unflattering circumstances tend to provide. He never lost this vantage point. Nor did he allow his religion to get in his way and distort his faith into a mindless "comfort zone" operating on autopilot and blindly following the Christian crowd. It is for this reason and many others that the reader is likely to enjoy and cherish this book. It does not make a statement: It is a statement. One of the most refreshing looks at Christianity one is likely to see for a long time. Five stars.
 Tripe Nov 09, 2009
Burns me up to see such tripe getting media attention. My five-year-old niece can articulate more deeply-considered thoughts than Miller does in this utter waste of time.
I thought that after we got rid of George Bush, shallow thinking poorly presented would stop being cool. Sigh.
My old lit. teacher would call this book, Mental Masturbation.
A must read Nov 02, 2009
This is a great book for people who want to understand that Christianity is more than a philosophy or code of beliefs or ethics. This book shows the heart not only of Christianity but of God, Jesus Himself. It also shows that heart that Christians should be showing to the world.
An Honest Memoir Oct 20, 2009
I'd never read Donald Miller before. This book made me a huge fan! I really enjoyed his honesty about his private world on several topics, mainly his spiritual faith in God. As I was reading, I could identify with so much of what he was saying in his book. It also made me laugh to myself in several places because of his sharp sense of humor and the eclectic group of friends that he mentions in the story. His writing is very personal and intimate. You feel as if you know him at the end of the book and he would be someone that you'd like to share a beer with at some local artist hotspot. He discusses his imperfect nature and his internal battles that he's faced. He is explaining why he believes in Christ, yet never seems to want to push an agenda on you. He simply is telling you his belief system and why he thinks what he thinks. Miller openly admits his confusion at times in that belief system, which reinforces the strength of it. He doesn't believe in a routine fashion. He questions everything, but he lets his heart lead him to the truth. I found the book very refreshing and felt I wanted to share my experience reading the book with my friends and family. Whether you are a Christian or not, people of all types would find his tone and prose entertaining and engaging. I would definitely suggest this book as a must read.
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