Searching for God Knows What
- Christian Living
- Publisher: Harper Horizon (HarperCollins Focus)
- Published: 2010
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Publisher's Description
With equal parts wit and wisdom, New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller invites you to reconnect with your faith. Miller shares what he's learned firsthand--that our relationship with God is designed to teach us about redemption, grace, healing, and so much more. Searching for God Knows What weaves together timeless stories and fresh perspectives on the Bible to capture one man's journey to discover an authentic faith that's worth believing. Along the way, Miller poses his own questions about faith, religion, and community, asking: What if the motive behind our theology was relational? What if our value exists because God takes pleasure in us? What if the gospel of Jesus is an invitation to know God? Maybe you're a Christian wondering what faith you signed up for. Or maybe you don't believe anything and are daring someone to show you a genuine example of genuine faith. Somewhere beyond the self-help formulas, fancy marketing, and easy promises, there is a life-changing experience with God waiting for you--it just takes a little bit of searching. Praise for Searching for God Knows What: "Like a shaken snow globe, Donald Miller's newest collection of essays creates a swirl of ideas about the Christian life that eventually crystallize into a lovely landscape...[He] is one of the evangelical book market's most creative writers." --Christianity Today "If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire--but Christianity is something that repels you-- Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion." --Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging Church and Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA "For fans of Blue Like Jazz, I doubt you will be disappointed. Donald Miller writes with the wit and vulnerability that you expect. He perfectly illustrates important themes in a genuine and humorous manner...For those who would be reading Miller for the first time, this would be a great start." -- Relevant
Endorsements (7)
“We need this book. It demonstrates that when Christianity is articulated with intelligence, it proves viable to those of us in the academic community.”
“If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire—but Christianity is something that repels you—Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion.”
“In Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller cuts through the temptation of looking for how-to’s and formulas to bring us life. Instead, he reveals a refreshingly simple and beautiful look at why we were created—to be in relationship first with our Creator and then with our neighbors. What a refreshing reminder of what Christ came to accomplish on this earth. Thanks, Donald, for being bold enough to tell us not what we want to hear, but rather what we need to hear.”
“Once again, Donald Miller reminds us that living Christ is not a twelve-step recovery program from the real world . . . but rather an invitation into its middle. Searching for God Knows What shows us that life is an invitation to follow Jesus into the corner of the world each of us has been given and to simply love the people we find there.”
“Whenever people ask me about Donald Miller, I notice the first thing I say is, ‘That guy can write.’ Having met Don, I also know he seeks to live what he writes, or better said, he writes what he lives. That, I think, is the top credential for a person who writes about ultimate concerns—spirituality, meaning, purpose, life, God, and joy. In Searching for God Knows What, you’ll find more of his great writing, honest feeling, and spiritual insight to help you on your journey.”
“In Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller combines Bob Dylan’s no-nonsense message of the good news in Slow Train Coming with Søren Kierkegaard’s attack on dead orthodoxy in a fresh style and compelling form. Miller helps spiritual seekers get beyond those doctrinal rules and religious and political traditions that cloud the real Jesus and helps ‘churchians’ rediscover Jesus Christ as their first love.”
“If you have felt that Jesus is someone you respect and admire--but Christianity is something that repels you-- Searching for God Knows What will give you hope that you still can follow Jesus and be part of a church without the trappings of organized religion.”
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