"Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality" Quotes
"Blue Like Jazz" is a collection of personal essays by Donald Miller reflecting on his unconventional journey through Christian spirituality and his struggles with faith and doubt.
nonfiction | 243 pages | Published in 2003
Quotes
I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve.
Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself.
What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.
I think Christian spirituality is like jazz music.
The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something.
I think God is saying that He loves us and that He is not here to condemn us.
The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me.
The thing I realized is that the more I think about myself, the more miserable I become.
I want to keep life pure and simple, to take pleasure in the gift of existence.
There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.
