Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (2003) is a collection of semi-autobiographical essays that explore the author's growing understanding of the nature of God. A classic text birthed from the emerging church tradition, Miller's book was divisive, controversial, funny, at moments irreverent, and persistently critical of the contemporary Church. Although Blue Like Jazz is ultimately a story about a man's "return" to faith, Teddi and Nick frame the text as an artifact that was, ironically, actually key to her (and likely many others') eventual deconstruction. Join us for a conversation about the emerging church movement, Donald Miller, and a divisive text that--whether intentioned or not-- might have helped a generation begin to reconsider their faith. 

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