searching for God knows what
Searching For God Knows What is an amazing book. the biggest compliment i can give it is the fact that i wish i had written it. ninety-nine percent of people reading this have read something by Donald Miller, or at least know someone who has. if you haven't, read his work. his honesty, openness, insights, thoughts, and comments will make you smile, laugh, think, and want to follow Jesus closer. i loved Blue Like Jazz, and yet i'm feeling a tension here. when i read Jazz a few years ago i thought it was the new Mere Christianity, a classic by all definitions of the word. however, Searching might be a better written and more insightful book. either way, Donald Miller can straight up write.
posted by markbraye at
2:11 PM
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You are right, this is an amazing book.
I guess I had been feeling "lost" for quite some time when I decided to attend a Salvation Army Women's Conference back in September 2006. I'm not sure why, but I had this feeling like I needed to be there. The speaker at this conference said things that seemed like something or someone was sending me a message through her. Anyway, I started reading books and even reading the Bible. I first read Mere Christianity, then Blue Like Jazz, Travelling Mercies and Have just finished reading Searching for God Knows What. I walked away from God and the Church because the grass was greener.... When I started to read the Bible and these books, it was to learn more, not to suddenly be a Christian. I felt that I couldn't live up to the expectations that have been laid out to me all my life and wanted to somehow find a way that maybe I too could have what I see other people having, peace. While reading Blue Like Jazz, Travelling Mercies and Searching for God Knows What, I've realized that I'm no different from anyone else searching for God. I don't have to be perfect and God will still love me. If Donald Miller and Anne Lamott could only know what their books have meant to me....
So, Searching For God Knows What on a scale of 1-10? For me it was above and beyond any scale.
7:35 AM
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