OK, so I was leary about reading the book The Shack. Come on, comparing it to Bunyon's Pilgrim's Progress! It was loaned to me, and I finally read it. I think people will love it or hate it, and I happen to have loved it. It provokes one to think about some deep issues. It helps you understand possible answers to some of those age old questions that people ask us about God such as, what's this stuff about good and evil? If God is love, why does He let so many bad things happen? Why would God send people to hell if He really wants everyone in heaven? and so on.
In a nutshell the book is about a guy who experiences a tragedy in his life, and his encounter with God. Now the God character will surprise you, and you may bristle at first, but I encourage you to read on, because there are some wonderful nuggets of wisdom in the book. My favorite is when God tells the main character that He lives in expectancy, not with expectations of us. The conversation about the whole verb/noun thing might get you to thinking.
I enjoyed it enough to buy my own copy. I'm already loaning it out since I'm told the waiting list at the library is 400!
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Hi Lonnie, my mom just finished that book, she too said it was very good! Mark and Eddie read it and said they wept and laughed and had all sorts of emotions. I better be the next one to read it!
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