Comments on: The Million Miles Tour hits California, Arizona and Colorado! http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/ Best-Selling Author Of Books, And Stuff Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:39:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stacey http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-8520 Stacey Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:36:45 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-8520 Any plans to come to Indianapolis, Indiana?? Any plans to come to Indianapolis, Indiana??

]]> By: Mike Galvin http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-8515 Mike Galvin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:29:14 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-8515 Hi Don, Let me start by saying I saw you speak in Denver and loved every minute. I wanted to start a Don Miller Groupie group and follow you around the country in a VW bus but my bank wouldn’t approve the loan, they said the business plan wasn’t solid enough. However I am working on a government grant for it and after reading your obama emails I bet the big guy will approve it. Anyway I love your new book and think its your best book yet. So part of my story is that I lead groups 1 week at a time that build homes for people living in Mexico in cardboard houses. I have always wanted to meet you and thought what a great way by inviting you to come and build with next spring. I have not set a date yet and wanted to leave it open for you to let me know if there would be 1 week in Spring of 2010 that you would be interested in helping on the build. You need no construction experience and at the end of the week you give a family keys to their new house with a concrete floor, walls, roof, and electricity. I read in your book about visiting Mexico and helping with building the orphanage and thought you might like to join us this time on our project and as a selfish ambition I get to meet my favorite writer and create another great story in my life. Thanks for the wisdom, Mike Galvin P.S. I live near Manitou Springs (5 square miles surrounded by reality) and worked with a ministry there, the same one you may have. I laughed so hard I cryed in Blue like jazz when I thought you were writing about it! Hi Don,
Let me start by saying I saw you speak in Denver and loved every minute. I wanted to start a Don Miller Groupie group and follow you around the country in a VW bus but my bank wouldn’t approve the loan, they said the business plan wasn’t solid enough. However I am working on a government grant for it and after reading your obama emails I bet the big guy will approve it. Anyway I love your new book and think its your best book yet. So part of my story is that I lead groups 1 week at a time that build homes for people living in Mexico in cardboard houses. I have always wanted to meet you and thought what a great way by inviting you to come and build with next spring. I have not set a date yet and wanted to leave it open for you to let me know if there would be 1 week in Spring of 2010 that you would be interested in helping on the build. You need no construction experience and at the end of the week you give a family keys to their new house with a concrete floor, walls, roof, and electricity. I read in your book about visiting Mexico and helping with building the orphanage and thought you might like to join us this time on our project and as a selfish ambition I get to meet my favorite writer and create another great story in my life.
Thanks for the wisdom,
Mike Galvin
P.S. I live near Manitou Springs (5 square miles surrounded by reality) and worked with a ministry there, the same one you may have. I laughed so hard I cryed in Blue like jazz when I thought you were writing about it!

]]> By: Mark Ray http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-8449 Mark Ray Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:12:05 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-8449 Don -- We enjoyed your night in Denver! Thanks for stopping on your way through. Particularly, I appreciate your appeal for the fatherless. It was an unexpected surprise during the evening. Mark Don –

We enjoyed your night in Denver! Thanks for stopping on your way through. Particularly, I appreciate your appeal for the fatherless. It was an unexpected surprise during the evening.

Mark

]]> By: Aileen http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-8122 Aileen Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:18:06 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-8122 Bloomington, Indiana? you should come. Bloomington, Indiana? you should come.

]]> By: Arizona Tours http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-8094 Arizona Tours Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:38:14 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-8094 New Yyork will miss you dearly. =( New Yyork will miss you dearly. =(

]]> By: that1megan http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-7935 that1megan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:38:57 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-7935 I decided today that if I am going to ever post something on this blog, I had better do it now. As the tour continues on and legions of new fans hop on the band wagon with us and as “A Million Miles In a Thousand Years” is officially released tomorrow, I figure this site is going to BLOW UP quickly! So its now or never because the (well-deserved) hype has only begun to build!! Even if this is only read by fellow fans, it is important to me to share this all the same. If nothing else, we can see that we all have some great things in common! At the last minute, I was blessed to hear about Don coming to Gig Harbor, WA. I was also fortunate enough to very briefly meet him at a book signing after his talk. However, in the midst of that few moments of his time, I could come up with nothing profound or appreciative to say other than, “will you sign my ticket and a book for my sister?” and “thanks for everything.” THANKS FOR EVERYTHING??? Who even says that?? I could ramble on and on about my respect and admiration for Don, and I still just might, but I guess this is the point of the post that I would really hope for him to someday see. I need to thank him. So, Don (it's very wierd to call you that, in my head you are Donald Miller, not a personable guy named Don!), I need to thank you on two levels for the genuine, introspective and HONEST books that you have written. First off, reading your work is like having someone put my own thoughts and philosophies (similar ones anyway!) down on paper and in a much more eloquent way than I ever could. Thanks for simply making me feel ok and at peace in my faith. That’s a greater gift in itself than you’ll ever know. Secondly, thank you for giving myself, my family members, the Young Life girls I mentor, and THE WORLD “Blue Like Jazz.” Your book has equipped me and then those I've shared it wth to share things about our faith and faith in general, and about Christ and spirituality that we would have never even thought to share with others or speak about otherwise. The book has been a great ministry tool that has allowed me to watch people’s faiths, understanding and relationships with Jesus grow, all through the gift of one book. (By the way, I have experienced all of this growth myself.) Witnessing it all has been awe inspiring. Now, after reading, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” I am forced to make the executive decision…read “Blue Like Jazz” with this year’s group of YL girls as I have for many years prior or break tradition and read “A Million Miles…” After all, what teenager couldn’t benefit from being motivated to live a better story? (Please feel free to weigh in on this one…your “expert” advice is always welcome!) After putting this all down on paper (yes, there was a rough draft to this post), I realize that perhaps the few words I shared with you earlier on the book tour were dead on: Truly, thanks for everything. Here’s to “A Million Miles…” and it’s phenomenal success as well as your own personal story and it's phenomenal success…one might just argue that you are well on your way! May the Lord bless you and keep you. Respectfully and fondly, Meg P.S. Here's a little wisdom that always seems to put a smile on my face and things in prospective (its God's plan in God's time!)...I hope it puts at least half a smile on your face too. "So if you're waitin' for love Well it's a promise I'll keep If you don't mind believing that it changes everything Then time will never matter" -Sunny Days by Jars of Clay I decided today that if I am going to ever post something on this blog, I had better do it now. As the tour continues on and legions of new fans hop on the band wagon with us and as “A Million Miles In a Thousand Years” is officially released tomorrow, I figure this site is going to BLOW UP quickly! So its now or never because the (well-deserved) hype has only begun to build!! Even if this is only read by fellow fans, it is important to me to share this all the same. If nothing else, we can see that we all have some great things in common!

At the last minute, I was blessed to hear about Don coming to Gig Harbor, WA. I was also fortunate enough to very briefly meet him at a book signing after his talk. However, in the midst of that few moments of his time, I could come up with nothing profound or appreciative to say other than, “will you sign my ticket and a book for my sister?” and “thanks for everything.” THANKS FOR EVERYTHING??? Who even says that??

I could ramble on and on about my respect and admiration for Don, and I still just might, but I guess this is the point of the post that I would really hope for him to someday see. I need to thank him.

So, Don (it’s very wierd to call you that, in my head you are Donald Miller, not a personable guy named Don!), I need to thank you on two levels for the genuine, introspective and HONEST books that you have written. First off, reading your work is like having someone put my own thoughts and philosophies (similar ones anyway!) down on paper and in a much more eloquent way than I ever could. Thanks for simply making me feel ok and at peace in my faith. That’s a greater gift in itself than you’ll ever know.

Secondly, thank you for giving myself, my family members, the Young Life girls I mentor, and THE WORLD “Blue Like Jazz.” Your book has equipped me and then those I’ve shared it wth to share things about our faith and faith in general, and about Christ and spirituality that we would have never even thought to share with others or speak about otherwise. The book has been a great ministry tool that has allowed me to watch people’s faiths, understanding and relationships with Jesus grow, all through the gift of one book. (By the way, I have experienced all of this growth myself.) Witnessing it all has been awe inspiring.

Now, after reading, “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” I am forced to make the executive decision…read “Blue Like Jazz” with this year’s group of YL girls as I have for many years prior or break tradition and read “A Million Miles…” After all, what teenager couldn’t benefit from being motivated to live a better story? (Please feel free to weigh in on this one…your “expert” advice is always welcome!)

After putting this all down on paper (yes, there was a rough draft to this post), I realize that perhaps the few words I shared with you earlier on the book tour were dead on: Truly, thanks for everything.

Here’s to “A Million Miles…” and it’s phenomenal success as well as your own personal story and it’s phenomenal success…one might just argue that you are well on your way!

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

Respectfully and fondly,

Meg

P.S. Here’s a little wisdom that always seems to put a smile on my face and things in prospective (its God’s plan in God’s time!)…I hope it puts at least half a smile on your face too.

“So if you’re waitin’ for love
Well it’s a promise I’ll keep
If you don’t mind believing that it changes everything
Then time will never matter” -Sunny Days by Jars of Clay

]]> By: JamesW http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-7934 JamesW Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:22:09 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-7934 http://middletree.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-review-donald-millers-million.html I just posted a review of "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller. http://middletree.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-review-donald-millers-million.html
I just posted a review of “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller.

]]> By: Oscar Maria http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-7931 Oscar Maria Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:47:44 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-7931 I attend Azusa Pacific University and I first heard you speak last year during chapel and I was utterly amazed. Prior to this I did not have the slightest clue of what your books were about, I just knew a lot of students at APU loved them. I was excited when I found out you were going to be speaking at chapel again this year. I began to tell all of my friends you were coming to town. When you spoke during chapel about Romeo and Juliet I was shocked with the thought on how the scene on the balcony shows us the way we should be with Christ, I also began to think deeply about theology and Jesus, I will confess I did loose sight of God because I surrounded myself in only theology and not in Him alone. I would like to thank you for opening up my eyes with this matter. During your A Million Miles in a Thousand Years speaking later that evening. I sat in the front row and I was again amazed with the way you structured story. I began to question myself as a character in a story, I wondered exactly what it was I was searching for, I thought about the climax of my story and where that would be. I even pondered the thought of who and what the antagonist was in my own story. Towards the end of the evening I even thought of myself as possibly a Bryonic Hero. Listening to you speak on Friday really helped me understand myself. I would like to say thank you for speaking at APU and writing these amazing books. I cannot wait for the next time you speak at APU and I cannot wait for your next book. Blessings -Oscar Maria I attend Azusa Pacific University and I first heard you speak last year during chapel and I was utterly amazed. Prior to this I did not have the slightest clue of what your books were about, I just knew a lot of students at APU loved them. I was excited when I found out you were going to be speaking at chapel again this year. I began to tell all of my friends you were coming to town. When you spoke during chapel about Romeo and Juliet I was shocked with the thought on how the scene on the balcony shows us the way we should be with Christ, I also began to think deeply about theology and Jesus, I will confess I did loose sight of God because I surrounded myself in only theology and not in Him alone. I would like to thank you for opening up my eyes with this matter.
During your A Million Miles in a Thousand Years speaking later that evening. I sat in the front row and I was again amazed with the way you structured story. I began to question myself as a character in a story, I wondered exactly what it was I was searching for, I thought about the climax of my story and where that would be. I even pondered the thought of who and what the antagonist was in my own story. Towards the end of the evening I even thought of myself as possibly a Bryonic Hero. Listening to you speak on Friday really helped me understand myself. I would like to say thank you for speaking at APU and writing these amazing books. I cannot wait for the next time you speak at APU and I cannot wait for your next book.
Blessings
-Oscar Maria

]]> By: Shelly http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-7929 Shelly Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:47:32 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-7929 Don, I know this is your blog, but since you are with Susan each day now (I'm supposing) I just thought I would put a blurb on here just for her. Susan, I finished your book this morning (Angry Conversations with God). I really did enjoy it. I should have been doing something else "productive" (like getting out of bed), but I really wanted to read your story and God's story with you, so I just sat and kept reading. (I did the same with Don's book and stayed up till 1:30 one night reading it and got the flu the next day...not bitter about that but haven't forgotten it either.) When I read the last few words of your book, my thought was, "Gosh, God, You really are amazing." I don't say that in the same way that most "church" women say (with REALLY big smiles)...God is so good or God is so amazing. I say it because He "torched" my life, and yet, I stand here ever so grateful for the travels. Your's and my stories are quite different, but our God is the same...and He's one amazing God! (And probably, all those "smiley church" ladies know it too, and it just took me longer to really figure it out.) Come to think of it, I do tend to be more smiley and I'm sending a message to someone I don't even know about how amazed I am at how God still makes masterpieces out of the crap we hand Him. Who knew, I've become one of "them." (I really did always secretly like them and want to someday know what they knew. My mom was one, and she was incredible.) "We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character, and character produces hope. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out His love to fill our hearts. " Rom 5:3-5 I do believe that my joy became "fuller" as I traveled through the harsh deserts and found out that God really was with me no matter where I went. His words and promises are true. He is more faithful than one can imagine. His love really is greater than life. Can't wait to see you in November...hoping Don will be good too. Being the prude he is, I'm not holding my breath. ;) Just kidding...I'm the biggest prude there is...good call on the fbomb. Shelly Don, I know this is your blog, but since you are with Susan each day now (I’m supposing) I just thought I would put a blurb on here just for her.

Susan, I finished your book this morning (Angry Conversations with God). I really did enjoy it. I should have been doing something else “productive” (like getting out of bed), but I really wanted to read your story and God’s story with you, so I just sat and kept reading. (I did the same with Don’s book and stayed up till 1:30 one night reading it and got the flu the next day…not bitter about that but haven’t forgotten it either.)

When I read the last few words of your book, my thought was, “Gosh, God, You really are amazing.” I don’t say that in the same way that most “church” women say (with REALLY big smiles)…God is so good or God is so amazing. I say it because He “torched” my life, and yet, I stand here ever so grateful for the travels. Your’s and my stories are quite different, but our God is the same…and He’s one amazing God! (And probably, all those “smiley church” ladies know it too, and it just took me longer to really figure it out.)
Come to think of it, I do tend to be more smiley and I’m sending a message to someone I don’t even know about how amazed I am at how God still makes masterpieces out of the crap we hand Him.
Who knew, I’ve become one of “them.”
(I really did always secretly like them and want to someday know what they knew. My mom was one, and she was incredible.)

“We also have joy with our troubles, because we know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character, and character produces hope. And this hope will never disappoint us, because God has poured out His love to fill our hearts. ” Rom 5:3-5

I do believe that my joy became “fuller” as I traveled through the harsh deserts and found out that God really was with me no matter where I went.
His words and promises are true.
He is more faithful than one can imagine.
His love really is greater than life.

Can’t wait to see you in November…hoping Don will be good too. Being the prude he is, I’m not holding my breath. ;)

Just kidding…I’m the biggest prude there is…good call on the fbomb.

Shelly

]]> By: Sarah http://donmilleris.com/2009/09/22/the-million-miles-tour-hits-california-arizona-and-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-7927 Sarah Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:27:32 +0000 http://donmilleris.com/?p=1325#comment-7927 Hi Don, I was so upset when I looked at your tour dates and noticed a huge hole where Boston should be. If at all possible we would love to have you visit our Christian community in Boston. Your books have fueled some incredible conversations within our group and we would love the chance to meet you. I just read the new book and can't stop talking about it. I think it's my favorite of the five. The door is always open on 23 Wigglesworth. Or 21 or 19 or 17 Wigglesworth. Sarah Matousek Hi Don,
I was so upset when I looked at your tour dates and noticed a huge hole where Boston should be. If at all possible we would love to have you visit our Christian community in Boston. Your books have fueled some incredible conversations within our group and we would love the chance to meet you. I just read the new book and can’t stop talking about it. I think it’s my favorite of the five. The door is always open on 23 Wigglesworth. Or 21 or 19 or 17 Wigglesworth.

Sarah Matousek

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