I don't laugh out loud very often when I read books. I believe the last time I did, was around Christmas time when I was standing in Chapters reading Fox Trot. I hadn't read comics in a while, so I picked up a fairly new publication and started reading. And I found myself chuckling. Audibly. I'm glad my voice isn't very loud, so I'm sure there weren't too many people who heard me. I don't base the value of a book on its ability to make me laugh. The nature of some books are serious, thought-provoking, or adventurous. But when I come across a book about Christian spirituality that makes me laugh out loud, well, that is something to take notice of.
Blue Like Jazz is written by a man named Donald Miller. He shares his experiences: his struggles, his questions, and what he learns, from friends, from God, and from life. I found that it was different from other 'Christian' books that I've read. This one seemed more real, more personal. He doesn't claim to know all the answers or to be perfect. He just shares his life. What you choose to take away from it is up to you. What made me chuckle was just the way he wrote. He has wit.
An enjoyable, thought-provoking book.
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In the book, he doesn't actually talk that much about jazz. But in his author's notes, he writes:
"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stodd there for fifteen 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."
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