Don Miller's first book Blue Like Jazz was great. Heard him speak at the Cornerstone Festival in 2004 and had to go get the book ASAP. It fits neatly into a long list of books about postmodernism and Christianity's (and all of modern culture's) shift into the next era of humankind.
The main idea of Blue Like Jazz is that Christian faith ought to be more like art and music than science and math. Modern Christianity has gained the reputation of being staunchly self-righteous, knowing all the answers and demanding that if you don't agree with all our answers, then you can't come inside the fold. Miller in Blue Like Jazz admits that he doesn't have all the answers, and it's okay to let non-Christians know that. They will respect us more if they realize we are mere humans like they are.
Searching For God Knows What continues the development of these ideas, but in my opinion delves deeper and becomes more meaningful on many levels.
The book slowly but surely develops the case for a God who loves and cares for his created ones. By the middle of the book I was being challenged to my core on some fundamental issues of my own personality and defense mechanisms during his discussion of the Lifeboat. The crescendo makes as convincing a case for Christ as (in my opinion) Chesterton's Orthodoxy or C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity.
Excessive accolades? I don't think so. I love Chesterton and Lewis, but for today's audience, Don Miller's books are just as convincing and perhaps more accessible and meaningful to seekers entering the third millenium.
