Now reading... A new book by Donald Miller. It's called Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality. I just started it yesterday and so far it's an enjoyable read. This is the first of his books I've read. Christianity Today described Miller's writing as something like "Anne Lamott with testosterone," but I disagree. Miller has his own voice, and perhaps he's GenX's answer to the boomer Lamott. Here's a snippet from early in the book:
Everybody wants to be fancy and new. Nobody wants to be themselves. I mean, maybe people want to be themselves, but they want to be different, with different clothes or shorter hair or less fat. It's a fact. If there was a guy who just liked being himself and didn't want to be anybody else, that guy would be the most different guy in the world and everybody would want to be him.
All those other books in the column to your left, I've already read. Right now I'm focusing on Miller's book, and picking up O'Conner's book for bits and pieces of inspiration and reminders. I should probably read it more thoroughly, though. I could use the help.