Donald Miller




Donald Miller

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born
January 01, 1971

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The United States

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Religion & Spirituality


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Donald Miller grew up in Houston, Texas. Leaving home at the age of twenty-one, he traveled across the country until he ran out of money in Portland, Oregon, where he lives today.

Harvest House Publishers released his first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, in 2000. Two years later, after having audited classes at Portland’s Reed College, Don wrote Blue Like Jazz, which would slowly become a New York Times Bestseller.

In 2004 Don released Searching for God Knows What a book about how the Gospel of Jesus explains the human personality. Searching has become required reading at numerous colleges across the country. In 2005 he released Through Painted Deserts the story of he and a friends road trip acr...more




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My old friend Leigh Vickery, who writes a food column in Tyler Texas interviewed me recently about all things food, including restaurants in Portland, something I don't often get asked about, so I thought it would be fun to repost it on the blog. Thanks so much, Leigh! Bon Appetit!

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I don't cook for myself very often but I cook for others on occasion. It...

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avg rating: 3.99 | 12,703 ratings | 2,018 reviews | 25 distinct works | 72 fans
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious T... Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
by Donald Miller
avg rating 4.03 — 8,126 ratings — published 2003
10 editions
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Searching for God Knows What Searching for God Knows What
by Donald Miller
avg rating 3.94 — 2,394 ratings — published 2004
6 editions
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Through Painted Deserts: Light... Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road
by Donald Miller
avg rating 3.86 — 1,169 ratings — published 2005
4 editions
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To Own a Dragon: Reflections O... To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father
by Donald Miller
avg rating 3.84 — 614 ratings — published 2006
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A Million Miles in a Thousand... A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
by Donald Miller
avg rating 4.25 — 119 ratings — published 2009
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Prayer and the Art of Volkswag... Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance
by Donald Miller
avg rating 3.78 — 114 ratings — published 2000
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Donald Miller Greatest Hits: T... Donald Miller Greatest Hits: Three Books In One: 1) Through Painted Deserts, 2) Searching For God Knows What, 3) Blue Like Jazz
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avg rating 3.83 — 29 ratings — published 2008
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Jazz Notes: Improvisations on... Jazz Notes: Improvisations on Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
avg rating 3.81 — 16 ratings — published 2008
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Catalyst Groupzine: The Cultur... Catalyst Groupzine: The Cultural Influence
by Donald Miller, Andy Stanley, Eugene Peterson
avg rating 3.40 — 10 ratings — published 2007
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Blue Like Jazz Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2003
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Donald Miller on tour for the book "Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality"
Author appearance, November 08, 2009 07:00PM
First United Methodist, 800 W 5th St, , 76109, Fort Worth, TX, The United States

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Donald Miller on tour for the book "Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality"
Author appearance, November 10, 2009 07:00PM
First Baptist Church, 1333 W University Ave, Georgetown, TX, The United States

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Donald Miller on tour for the book "Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality"
Author appearance, November 11, 2009 07:00PM
Glenwood Church of Christ, 5210 Hollytree Dr, Tyler, TX, The United States

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"There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirling in the blue like jazz.) And as I lay there, it occurred to me that God is up there somewhere. Of course, I had always known He was, but this time I felt it, I realized it, the way a person realizes they are hungry or thirsty. The knowledge of God seeped out of my brain and into my heart. I imagined Him looking down on this earth, half angry because His beloved mankind had cheated on Him, had committed adultery, and yet hopelessly in love with her, drunk with love for her."
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"It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless. "
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"...sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself..."
Donald Miller (Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality)
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