Stop ten people on the street and ask them what they think of when they hear the word Christianity, and they will give you ten different answers. And when it comes to Christianity, the bottom-line good stuff is Jesus. Don’t make me wade through fluff to get to the good stuff. He has a knack for getting to the gut-wrenching bottom line like that. The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me. The problem is not out there the problem is the needy beast of a thing that lives in my chest.Īnd I hurt when he says this, because it’s true for me, too: This is the hardest principle within Christian spirituality for me to deal with. I am the problem.I hate this more than anything.
What do I think about church? How would I treat the atheists that Don talked to? How do I love the unlovable people in my own life? God’s love will never change us if we don’t accept it.īut the best thing about ambling along with Don is that you’re forced to consider your own place in this journey. And this is the prayer I pray for all my friends because it is the key to happiness.
…My friend Julie from Seattle told me that the main prayer she prays for her husband is that he will be able to receive love. …I think what Rick said is worth repeating that by accepting God’s love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey. …Andrew is the one who taught me that what I believe is not what I say I believe what I believe is what I do. You meet his friends along and the way, and learn what he learned from them. You’re never sure where you’re going or where you’ll end up. You amble here and there, back and forth. Now, count me in as one more pusher for this book.ĭon lets you walk with him on his journey from burn-out to zealot.
I was intrigued with his self-labeled “non-religious thoughts on Christian spirituality.” I’d heard so much hype over this book.īut the more Don rambled his way through, the more he sucked me in. Donald Miller is an open door.īlue like Jazz started out slow for me because I was expecting fireworks.
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