The Shack

Our lives were enriched last week when Mike Todd from Waving or Drowning? came back to TO for a visit.  He gave me a copy of The Shack (payback time for NKOC, Mike?), and I devoured it this weekend.  This book will rock your world, blow apart your preconceived notions of God, and help set you free from religion.

The Shack is a simple, warmly-written novel, touted as this generation’s Pilgrim’s Progress.  A man who has experienced devastating tragedy meets God one weekend in the shack where his worst fears were realized.  Except that God isn’t some grandfatherly Gandalf, nor unapproachable burning bush, but the Trinity: a practical, no-nonsense African-American homemaker (as Papa, God the Father), an earthy Middle Eastern carpenter (Jesus), and an elusive warm spirit shimmering as an Asian woman (the Holy Spirit).   [And yes, Mike, I agree - I also pictured Papa as the Oracle from the Matrix.]

I’m going to be pushing this book on my family and friends.  Or, you can order your own copy here.

Also, just heard today that Paul Young, the author, will be in the Toronto area next week.