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Donald Miller

I LOVE this author. He has written several books, but the best one is Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality. I've read this book multiple times, and it never gets old. I don't know how to describe it; there are chapters on stuff like faith, confession, church, etc., and he just tells you stories about his life and his friends' lives, and you learn so much. It is so beautifully written.

And this book really does have universal appeal. I gave a copy to my ex's mom (who is still a friend of mine). She is Mormon and a writer for a Mormon magazine (the Ensign), and she read it and loved it and passed it around to a bunch of people at her work who all really enjoyed it, too. I also gave a copy to one of my best friends who was an atheist at the time, and she loved it as much as I do.

I have been waiting for a few years now for his next book, and it is finally here: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life. I am loving it just as much as Blue Like Jazz. I started reading it last night, and it was like seeing my best friend after not seeing him for a long time- loving every second of it, forgetting how much you enjoyed spending time together in the past, not wanting it to end, having significant realizations about your life. I can't put it down. I'll be done by tonight. And then I'll probably want to go back and reread, because there's so much in there, and I'm sure I'll miss stuff the first time through.
I seriously want to be best friends with Donald Miller. I need to find a way to make this happen.

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