The Shack
I just finished this book. In my opinion, it’s a key book in the reclaiming and resetting of Christianity in the Post-Modern era. EVERYONE needs to read it. I think the author really is able to convey, in a very powerful way, the fundemental essence of Christianity and how we can relate to God… things that have been buried under piles of crap and overshadowed by Religion over the past 2000 years.
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Chris
says:
Added on February 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 pmYou have floored me once again, oh great dancing bear. I am completely taken by surprise with your remarks. I have a couple of friends, erstwhile agnostics, who have decided to take a much closer look at the faith because of this book.
I liked about 90% of it. I really, really liked about 90% of it. He kind of lost me, though when he went into all that detail about the flickering souls of humanity. But that’s just me.
BuddyO
(blog author) says:
Added on February 24th, 2009 at 7:16 amWhy would you be surprised?
There were a couple of little tweaks in there that I might have said differently and several things that weren’t addressed at all. But the things the author chose to tackle were very eloquently said.
To to be a spoiler (many reading here have not read the book)… I didn’t mind the flickering souls at all… kind of a cool way of thinking about that which we can’t possibly comprehend.
Chris
says:
Added on February 24th, 2009 at 11:11 pmSurprised? Well, it’s just that I thought the trinitarian concept was kind of ‘light’ for you. Like you said, I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone.
Yeah, it’s just that I thought the flickering bit was a little bit off the point. I thought the waterfall scene wrapped things up better. The trinitarian analogy worked, I thought it could be supported by scriptures, but that other part was pretty much just his own imagination. It was cool but kind of Hollywood.
QueenMother
says:
Added on February 26th, 2009 at 11:45 amOK you two…..enough! Those of us who just downloaded it into our iPhones want time to read it without knowing all the goodies
Chris
says:
Added on February 26th, 2009 at 12:18 pmWow! Lookout Jane Jetson!
QueenMother
says:
Added on March 13th, 2009 at 3:37 pmI finished it. Bill’s reading it now. I don’t object to the flickering souls but neither do I buy the idea….anyway, I think I need it to sink in before getting into a spirited discussion about it. Good read, good ideas, good fiction!
QueenMother
says:
Added on April 6th, 2009 at 6:10 pmWe went to MtZion UMC in Finksburg for Palm Sunday service. Bill’s old friend and pastor Lou Piel is Pastor there. We urged him to read this book and he recommended it to the entire congregation right in the middle of announcements! He’s going to do a study of it in May. It definitely is a different way of looking at God.