At our last “book club” meeting, we never actually got around to discussing our book selection. (Let’s just say that once you get our group started on what should be required reading for undergrads, you may never get the conversation back on track!) On a slightly related note, we need a better name for our book club. Every time I hear that phrase I think about beating up books, and that’s not the mental image we want to give people!
So, on February 2nd at 7 pm, we will be meeting on the Library Balcony to officially discuss Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz. We picked this book because it is engaging, interesting, and applicable to your life no matter where you are personally.
Blue Like Jazz is subtitled “nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality”, and this is exactly what it is. The book is a random collection on Miller’s journey from traditional religion, through his doubts and disbelief, to his revelation on what spirituality looks like in everyday life. He is practical, funny, and random. However, just when you think that you’ve figured him out, he throws something at you that makes you think about the way you live your life, and challenges you to make religion more real in the day to day.
If you don’t get the book read by the time we meet, please still come! You can also read the chapters in any order you wish- they are mostly independent of each other. Just enjoy the reading process, do as much as fits into your schedule, and then join us to share your thoughts and opinions. Oh yes, and there will be snacks! We look forward to seeing you there.
Any questions or comments? Leave them here, or feel free to email us at typeoh (at) regent (dot) edu!
