Last night I went to, an evening with Donald Miller. Don and Susan Isaacs were promoting their new books (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and Angry Conversations With God) on a book tour and I had the opportunity to attend the Greenville College stop.
Here are a few of my notes:
Susan Isaacs
- Susan makes me uncomfortable. I’m not sure why but from the moment she stepped on the stage I couldn’t “settle”. I wonder if it is because she questions the foundations of the faith or if it was because she mocked things that I take seriously.
- The worldview you have shapes the view you have of God in your head.
- Susan “blurs the line” from time to time. People laughed. I didn’t.
- When we criticize the church, we criticize ourselves. Thank you that I am not the only people who says this.
- “God totally trashed my life and it”s the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
- I don’t want to read her book, alot of women probably do.
Donald Miller
Personal Questions:
- Can we ever be Christians, call ourselves Christians, and not talk about the Bible?
- What if we read the Bible to get to know God better instead of reading it for ourselves?
- What do you do that benefits other people?
- What do you want right now in life that is stupid, that doesn’t matter, that is material?
Take-a-ways:
- Movie to rent: Adaptation
- Book to buy: “Man’s Search for Meaning” Viktor Franco
Other Bullet Points:
- Story: A character that wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.
- “The best way a human can learn is through story”
- In story, success doesn’t matter. You will go knowhere unless you learn to overcome conflict. Winning means absolutely nothing.
- Fear paralyzes us from moving forward. Conflict is never going to leave. Its good to embrace conflict.
- “The more Adam worked in the garden, the more he admired Eve.”
- Enjoy the little things in life. Don’t miss them. If you do, you missed out and it’s your fault.
What an awesome evening.
Special thanks to my good friend Janie for the ticket. It was much appreciated. I owe ya one!
-jordan
I own the audio of “man’s search for meaning” and I think I have the book somewhere too. I had to read it for a Philosophy course at some point. I’ll see if I can find them and possibly get them to you.