I’m glad I didn’t use that as an excuse not to crack open Blue Like Jazz. It’s humble, and I believe that’s its greatest strength. Where Mere Christianity’s audacious reach exceeded its only-human grasp, Blue Like Jazz tells human stories to human beings. I believe it readily asserts how you can believe without abandoning your intellect, but it does so through the simple truths of what Christ asked people to do to each other. It uses the logic of common sense, not the logic of theoretical physics or sociology. But more importantly it tells beautiful and inspiring stories of grace flowing between all-too-human beings. Blue Like Jazz has definitely provided an inflection point in my thinking about God, the effects of which I probably won’t fully realize for a long time to come.

I didn’t know you had been reading it, but I’m thrilled to hear you liked it, too.

“God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way He will make a way”