Donald Miller: Thursday's Speaker

Thursday’s luncheon opened with Indie Artist Scott Krippayne, an accomplished songwriter and musician, who shared his love for coffee and for Jesus. Keynote Speaker Donald Miller followed. Miller spoke informally about the journey of his life as a writer and the importance of finding a place of meaning in existence.

In developing a good story, Miller says, you need to have a character that is meaningful. He spent most of the time encouraging the development of strong characters, not only in publishing works, but in personal living as well.

On a personal note:
Being one of the few people my age who have not read Donald Miller’s brainchild, Blue Like Jazz, a level of naivety persists in my response. After an hour-long expose on developing meaning, I walked away wondering, what was the point? Perhaps in Miller’s attempt to be authentic, he forgot about relevance. I want to specifically open up this topic for discussion. Please respond below on anything regarding Don, postmodernism, the emerging or emergent church, relevance, the color blue, etcetera, etcetera ...