by Susan Barnes | 1 Oct 2020 | Book Reviews
Scary Close is a memoir by Donald Miller about his experience of dating his now-wife. He writes honestly about how he grew as a person after he realized he had to change and face his issues with intimacy if he was ever going to develop a long-term relationship with a...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Oct 2017 | Book Reviews
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is a memoir by Donald Miller, based on the idea of story as a metaphor of life. As someone who likes to write, I love his premise: “I started thinking differently about life when I met a couple of filmmakers who wanted to make a...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Jan 2009 | Quoting Other Writers
For Christmas my husband bought me the DVD of Andre Rieu Live in Australia. As I was watching Andre play his violin with his eyes shut I was reminded of this remark from Donald Miller author’s note in Blue Like Jazz: I never liked jazz music because jazz music...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Jul 2006 | Book Reviews
Blue Like Jazz by Don Miller (Thomas Nelson, 2003) is a collection of remarkably honest autobiographical jottings about life and faith. It is always refreshing to read someone who is honest, who doesn’t pretend to have all the answers but is prepared to let God...
by Susan Barnes | 27 May 2006 | Quoting Other Writers
I bought a copy of “Blue Like Jazz” by Donald Miller. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2003. I haven’t really started reading it yet but I just love the author’s note: I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was...
