I toss aside all the big organizations mass marketed mailings, but somehow take comfort that all non-profits are in 'critical' financial condition. 'Relax,everything's going to be all right rest, everything's coming together: open your hearts, love is on the way!' Jude 2 The MessageĮvery day, I receive an appeal for 'critical funds' and I confess I feel like every day I'm making that same appeal in one form or another. My inspiration isn't an unresolved musical phrase but the finality of the Author and perfecter of my faith's last words, I know each breath and hair on my head is numbered, but assigned as co-creator, I have the freedom to improvise on a melody throughout the day and participate in a song of hope. My work of record unacknowledged or under appreciated. My life of faith is recorded but not scripted. But I know the reality is most days are uneventful, and like the music form called jazz - are unresolved no big revelations or conclusions before I close my eyes and call it a day. 'So I guess I should have lived a more interesting life.' Donald Miller in A Million Miles So difficult in fact that he wrote a book about THAT (his other book being made into a movie) entitled ' A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.' His trouble came as the screenwriters were adapting his life 'story' to shorten it and make it into a better film version. The author had a difficult time working with the producer and screenwriter of the film. Our life, like jazz, appears as a tune played without a defined melody, music improvised by those participating in its creation.

'Blue Like Jazz,' (both the book and the movie) reflects on issues of life and faith that seem unresolved. And like a dutiful follower, I was curious to see how they would translate the themes of the written word to screen.

It was such a phenomenon among what was termed ' the Emergent Church' that it was even adapted into a movie.īecause I was a noted (and notable fan) I had an opportunity to see an advance screening of the movie adaptation of the book. Perhaps you are familiar with the Donald Miller book 'Blue Like Jazz,' that became almost a cult (I reluctantly use that term) classic in the Christian community.

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