Donald Miller (author)
Donald "Don" Miller ( born August 12, 1971) is an American Christian author and speaker. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Life
In the ages of 21 years, Miller left his hometown of Pearland, Texas and moved to Portland, Oregon. His first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance is about this road trip crisscrossing the country. The book was initially hardly advertised, but successfully re-released in 2005, titled Through Painted Deserts. During this time, Miller worked as an editor of the Christian online magazine " roadsearching.com " and was the owner of the small publishing house Coffee House Books, textbooks for homeschooling published.
The work of Blue Like Jazz - nonreligious Thoughts On Christian Spirituality ( German " Blue Like Jazz - impious thoughts on Christian spirituality ") was a bestseller in 2003. Published in 2004, Miller Searching For God Knows What (Eng. " Who needs a boat ?"), Which deals with how the life of Jesus illustrates the human personality. Was published in 2006 To Own A Dragon. In this book, Miller is concerned with how it is to grow up without a father. This theme also employed him out about it, so he (formerly " Belmont Foundation " ) founded the "Mentoring Project ," a nonprofit organization that provides young men in partnership with local communities without fathers mentors. In autumn 2009, published Miller A Million Miles in a Thousand Years - What I Learned While Editing My Life (Eng. " A million miles in a thousand years - What I learned when rewriting my life "). In the same year the production of All Things Converge, a DVD series for small groups began working for the Miller -known Christian authors and theologians interviewed. The first three DVDs of the series has been released in late 2009.
In addition, Miller is a founding member of the " Burnside Writers Collective", a group of writers who write for an online magazine. Miller is known that he views the Christian faith as a relationship and not as a formula. In Who already need a boat? he writes that too many Christians behave as if the Bible a kind of math book, instead of a long history of God's relationship with people in the context of friendships with biblical figures such as Adam, Abraham and Moses. The emphasis on these narrative aspect of the Bible made his books known within the emerging church scene. Miller himself does not count to this grouping. 2007 Miller was known in the context of an interview for the podcast of "Relevant Magazine " that he was working with Steve Taylor on a film. It was, this is the film version of Blue Like Jazz. As the film project was threatened due to lack of funding, fans started a fundraising campaign using the crowdfunding portal kickstarter.com, when gathered $ 345,992. The film was then rotated in Portland and Oregon. 13 March 2010, the film had on the South by Southwest Festival premiered. A month later, the film came in the American cinema.
Works
- Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance: Finding God on the Open Road. Harvest House Publishers 2000
- Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality. 2003 Blue Like Jazz: impious thoughts on Christian spirituality. Luqs -Verlag, Burgthann 2010, ISBN 3-940158-01-1
- Who needs a boat? About a faith that helps. Gerth Medien, Asslar 2006, ISBN 3-86591-111-0
- A million miles in a thousand years: What I learned when rewriting my life. Luqs -Verlag, Burgthann 2010, ISBN 3-940158-03-8