Just a heads-up that our next chew* chat will take place on Tuesday, March 23. I'll try to put the audio up on Wednesday.
We'll be discussing Donald Miller's latest, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Jenna will be facilitating our conversation, so send any topics of discussion her way, either via email or on the blog.
If you haven't had a chance to finish the book, Donald Miller's blog should provide interesting food for thought as well.
Looking forward to next week!
3 comments:
I really loved this book, more so than his others. The idea of writing the story of your life is huge, and makes you look at your life so differently.
I am very excited about this discussion! I've been going over all of my underlinings in the book to prepare, and something Don included in his Author's Note seemed appropriate to post here as a teaser of sorts:
"If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn't cry at the end... You wouldn't tell your friends you saw a beautiful movie... The truth is, you wouldn't remember that movie a week later, except you'd feel robbed and want your money back. Nobody cries at the end of a movie about a guy who wants a Volvo. But we spend years actually living those stories, and expect our lives to feel meaningful.."
Can't wait to dive deeper into all of this with all of you!
I just read this book last week! I thought it was a lot more mature than much of his other work. Probably my favorite so far . . . and I have to say that his other work was just "okay" for me.
But I do have a complaint. Don is a writer and a lot of his professional life is under his control as far as what he pursues and his time and such. I, however, don't have the same luxury. It's easier for me to see how he is going to write a good story than how I am going to write a good story. I have experienced some profound professional disappointment in the past two weeks, and there's really nothing I can do about it. I am completely powerless to change the situation. What do you think the concept of "telling a good story" could do for me in this situation?
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