Donald Miller – “Story”

November 17, 2007 · 6 comments


kelly's balcony, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

I have been in Chicago for the past few days, visiting some friends and enjoying the city. One of my favorite things about traveling is that I can listen to a bunch of podcasts for which I don't normally have time.

On the drive here I got caught up on the Mars Hill Bible Church podcast (Rob Bell's church). The latest episode is a guest appearance by Donald Miller called "Story" (see below for download links). Miller speaks about God's ability as a storyteller and how our lives are essentially lived stories. He breaks down the components of stories and analyzes what differentiates good stories from bad stories. I was totally engaged during the whole presentation; it was awesome.

From what I understand, Miller's message is a distillation of his forthcoming book Let Story Guide You which is currently slated for release in May 2008. Sounds like it will be another great book. [UPDATE 02/26/09: According to this blog post on Don's website, the name of his new book is A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, which is "essentially the same subject matter (of Let Story Guide You) but told in a more narrative form," and it has a release date of November 30, 2009.]

You can listen to his message by clicking either of the links below:

Donald Miller - "Story" (mp3, Mars Hill website)

Mars Hill Bible Church podcast on iTunes

If you choose to listen to the podcast, or have heard Miller speak on "Story" already, what are your thoughts? What resonated with you and/or what did you disagree with?

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  • http://www.towardshope.typepad.com John Santic

    Jake, thanks for the link to the podcast. i look forward to hearing it. I have heard DM in the past and read his Blue Like Jazz book. I appreciate his perspective on the postmodern horizon…his take on our faith is refreshing.

  • Kelly

    That’s a hot balcony.

  • Jeff

    Jake:

    Thanks for the link. From browsing your flickr images it appears you’re about the same age as my oldest son (he’s a college junior.) He ‘made’ me read “Blue Like Jazz” last summer and my wife asked me to listen to “Story” when, like you, I was on a road trip this past Friday. Good stuff — very thought provoking. We work a lot with teens in our church and, not surprisingly, guys like Rob Bell and Donald Miller who are connecting well with young people are also giving us old folks pause. heh… MY mom is going to read “The Shack” soon! Godspeed, and thanks again.

    Jeff
    Atlanta, GA

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  • Molly Flinkman

    I found this post while googling "Donald Miller" and "Story." I promptly downloaded a Donald Miller message on story thanks to you. I was pretty happy to see your name as one of my Google results. You must be kind of a big deal.

  • http://www.soulofatlas.com Mark

    Hi. I landed on your website after searching for Don Miller and Story. I really like the layout of the site. How did you do it? What software and who did it? I would really like to have something professional looking like this.