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Review: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

The Book: A Million MIles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, by Donald Miller
The Story: Six or seven years ago, Donald Miller kind of rose to Christian stardom after his memoir Blue Like Jazz got super, super popular.  I guess a while later, some guys came to Donald and asked [...]

Review: Blue Like Jazz

The Book: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, by Donald Miller
The Story: Donald Miller grew up in a vaguely Christian environment, going to church and hearing the stories but never quite wrapping his head around it.  This is the story of him fleshing it all out.
He kind of “comes to age” in Oregon [...]

Review: Asylum

The Book: Asylum, by Nan Corbitt Allen
The Story: Ian, a little 10 year old kid, is in his house when it catches on fire.  His parents both die in the fire, but he survives.  He moves away to live with his great-aunt Jo.  We kind of find out that his parents were wrecks anyway and [...]