This is a random question.. but I think that’s ok bc it seems like you enjoy random questions. When you sign your name “Donald Miller”, do you feel like you’re presenting yourself as Donald Miller the author? Because from the time I visited Imago Dei and heard you speak it seemed like you feel very comfortable being known to everyone as “Don”. Is there a difference in your mind? My name is short and doesn’t stand for anything longer, but I was trying to think if I would ever want to go by a different name one day in my professional life.

Anyway, totally random thought. I figured you may think about such things. Keep up the blog! It’s a great study break for grad school.

Tia

I’ll go look for the email.

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I talked with you a bit this past weekend at the Lead Now Q&A dinner.
I have always thought that you were the kind of guy I could sit down and have coffee with and I was kind of nervous to actually meet you because I was worried I might be completely wrong and you’d be a smug jerk or something. But you were great and so gracious to entertain my ramblings about Romeo & Juliet and evangelism.

Thanks so much!
Let’s do coffee sometime

Warmly,
Kate