I'm reading a book that was given to be by a friend called Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller. Here's a quote from the book that really hit me like a ton of bricks:

We live for what we believe. If I live what I believe, then I don't believe very many noble things. My life testifies that the first thing I believe is that I am the most important person in the world. My life testifies to this because I care more about my food and shelter and happiness than about anybody else. http://www.mikecolon.net/blog/2008/04/blue-like-jazz.html

what a great book! i love donald miller and anything he writes ... my other favorite by him is to own a dragon. he is honest and raw and hilarious. hope you continue to enjoy it!

I read that book 2 years ago. I still pull it out on occasion because of quotes like that one. Amazing book. Glad you found it . Hope your havin an awesome summer Mr. Colon

I've had this book sitting in my "to read" pile for a couple of months now. I've heard nothing but good things about it! I'll have to move it up to the top and read it next.

It is one of many in my "next pile" I saw him speak recently at a conference, he was awesome.

Yeah, I think "honest" and "raw" are great ways to describe it. It's not filtered or dressed up. My wife and I go to a small church that's got a pretty young demographic as a whole and we read this as a congregation a while back. There was a lot of good discussion that came out of it. I'd recommend it to anyone. it takes a lot of the religion out of religion and just brings out the guts of spirituality.
That's all just my opinion though. I need to reread it as it's been awhile.

J