false 8 93 80 true 5654930 read 1 true 360479 currently-reading 12 true 360478 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36672408 Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? (Paperback) by Robert Schwartz
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36672000 to: The Shack (Paperback) by William P. Young
William P. Young's book has an intriguing premise. Years ago, a father name MacKenzie Phillips took his children camping and lost one of them to a man who has kidnapped and killed others. Mack has grieved since then. His marriage has struggled. Understandably, his relationship with God has suffered. Then, one wintry day, he receives a note in his mailbox inviting him back to the woods, to the shack in which his daughter's dress and bloodstains were found. The note, it would seem, is from God.

From this simple yet effective premise, Young leads Mack Phillips back to his point of despair and anger. The encounters he then has with God there in "The Shack" serve as thought-provoking moments for both Mack and the reader. This is not the God of stodgy Sunday school classes. This is not a flannel-graph Jesus. This is not limited to a fluttering dove of the Holy Spirit. The descriptions here are startling, while remaining true to the nature of God's love and grace as portrayed through Scripture. Not only are they startling, they're wise and moving and beautiful.

This was a very unusual book and I am not sure how to take it. Some might find it sacrilegious but it makes religion seem more "human" to me. ]]>