Blue Like Jazz – Week 2, 3, 4
This month on Christian Book Club we have been reading ‘Blue Like Jazz’ by Donald Miller. I have found the book to be very thought provoking. I am generally intrigued to read about people’s journeys as they question their faith.
Having finished the book I have been spending the last week really pondering the idea of what unconditional love is. I think that we often love people when they are doing what we want them to do, but are we loving people who are doing things we don’t like. What is the difference between love and acceptance? Does loving someone who is engaged in activities I don’t agree with mean that I approve of what they are doing? Or, can I love someone based on them just being a person and separate any of the sin or even ideologies I might want to judge them with. It has been a good read for me.
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Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality By Donald Miller |
I have also decided what books we will be reading in the months ahead on the Christian Book Club. You can get the list at the Christian Book Club Books page. Just as a heads up, we will be reading C.S. Lewis “Screwtape Letters” in March and the we will be reading “The Hobbit and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy in the following months. In light of the current economy I thought that it ould be easy for most of you to get these books at the library if you don’t already own a copy.
