Here’s an interview that recently came out with the United Methodist Church. I spoke with Robin Russell in Dallas a few weeks ago and really enjoyed the time. We pretty much hit on all the things I care about, so I’m reposting it on the blog. Q&A: A conversation with Donald Miller Robin Russell, May 5, 2009 Donald Miller Donald Miller’s best-selling Blue Like Jazz has drawn a cult-like following among young adults seeking a “nonreligious” take on Christianity. His next book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years(Thomas Nelson), due out in September, chronicles his experience with filmmakers as they edit his life for the screen and tells how storytelling principles apply to our own lives. Mr. Miller is also the founder of The Mentoring Project (thementoringproject.org), which recruits church mentors for boys growing up without a father. He spoke recently with managing editor Robin Russell at the recent Christian Book Expo in Dallas. Tell me about your newest project. Some guys wanted to make a movie out of a memoir that I’d written, and so we started writing the screenplay. And they began to change things in the book—they began to fictionalize my life, which was humiliating. So I realized that [...]
