A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller

This book tells of a man whose life transformed from meaningless to meaningful. There are two ways to approach life. The way of stagnation is the way of most. Donald found meaning in life when he began to write a story with his life that involved risk. He talks about the need to react to “inciting” events in life by taking risks to enter those events and seek one's desires through conflict.

I found this book helpful. Put in a Christian context, it confirms that the Christian life is one of conflict. The most fulfilled Christian is the one who seeks his greatest desire, God, through great conflict. Thus, he tells an amazing story with his life. The least fulfilled Christian avoids conflict even when such avoidance keeps him from great fellowship with God. Donald's book only disappoints me in that when he has the opportunity to point people to the gospel of Jesus Christ, he stops short. God, Jesus and prayer are in the book. But, a clear evangelical gospel message is missing. The book can easily be read and the message of the greatest pursuit in life, God through Christ, can still be missed.

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