Does God Ever Speak through Cats?

by David Evans

"Does God Ever Speak through Cats?" is a book about Christian spirituality and cats. When David Evans moved into a new house in Los Angeles, he unwittingly embarked on two strange new journeys. One involved a totally new relationship with God. The other was focused on a stray cat that was living in the backyard. To David's great surprise, he discovered that these two very different journeys were related to each other and had a lot in common. This is the book he wrote to tell that story.

Genres: Religion

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2006

Reviews

[karen]

this book is asking the age-old question and SOMEONE is being a party pooper.



don't listen to that old grouch - i have done some "research" on the "internet" and i have found several instances in which cats are clearly speaking with the voice of some deity or other.

origin story!



apocalypse story:



religious discrimination:



okay, maybe not deity-worthy, but certainly wise:



superpowers:



this is what happens right before some kinda world-ending flood or something:



and a creationist's ultimate regret:



ta-DAAAA!!!

and that is all proof that i need this book please.

come to my blog!

[Ramza · Rating 1 out of 5]

Does God ever speak through cats? No. But Satan doubtlessly does.

[Kristi · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the story of one man's conversion to cats and his re-conversion to Christianity. I liked the cat scenes, especially the parallels between the two special cats that came into the author's life. I also appreciated the author's attention to the meaningful and unexpected events in our life, which can significantly transform our lives in un-imagined ways. Yet, the narrative was often redundant, jumpy, and emotionally distant. I wanted more emotional immediacy to allow me to enter into the narrator's experience. I also wanted text to be more about the spiritual nature of cats and their relationships with humans, and less to do with the tangent of the author's spiritual search and evangelical message. I often felt that the sacredness of the feline-human relations was often strangely diminished, which seemed contrary to the book's title, its opening and closing events, and overall message that sometimes God speaks through cats.

[Catherine OBrien · Rating 3 out of 5]

actually I didn't read this! A dear friend hijacked my account ;0 But I like the title LOL

[Len Williamson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hi David,

I read your book last night. What a delight. My route to your book was a cat. My wife has very severe Multiple Sclerosis and we reached a point when we realised there was nothing more the medical profession could do to help her. I tried many things to help her and make her life more comfortable but with such a serious illness, most fail. As you say in the book, Love can do a lot so I keep at that one. Recently I came up with the idea of a cat for her. If she has to spend more time alone then what better companion could she have. With my Spanish teacher I visited a cat rescue and met 80 guests there. Eventually I found Smokey (our given name to her) and I just knew she was the one. She is, and it is only three weeks in to the relationship, but she is now part of our family as if she has been there forever. She also does all the things Mehitabel does and I agree they are fascinating. I am writing a book myself so also value the special company smokey gives when I write. And yes she does make some suggestions in her eyes and ways of looking that will help my book.
I don’t believe in God or at least that there is some superior being that sends tablets of stone and messages through men, cats or any other medium. However, I agree with all the suggestions in your book about how to live a good life. For me my life is guided by everything that has gone in to me from my parents Vera and Len, my wife Karen, my children Alex, Tom and Dan, my lovely daughter in law Areeya and amazing grandchildren Leo and Ella and so many friends who I have been lucky enough to have in my life. And of course we must not forget Smokey (first rabbit), Rex (my boyhood Golden Retriever named after T.Rex), Raffles (the family retriever), Tash (the cat named after Natasha in War and Peace) and now Smokey (our fascinating and purrfect cat). I have mixed all these inputs with the context around me and followed my own instincts to take the path I have taken.
Everyone has a name for what helps this wonderful life we are gifted. Buddhism, Christianity, Koran faiths and existential philosophy all offer us some guidance and some rules to help us live a good life. As I said I don’t believe in God but can agree with all of the suggestions you make and believe the world would be a better place if we all enacted them
Thanks for your gift of a book and good luck with the next one.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

Decided to read this, due to the ridiculous premise implied by the book's title. Turns out though, it's just mostly an evangelical's outlook on his post-TV-script-writing career, the places he happened to live, and grappling with common life occurrences. Meh.

Inside the book was a loose half-sheet printout, hand-signed, advertising his conflict counseling services.

[Pierre A Renaud]

This book accomplishes in its own way what this review and the LOLCat bible did through the use of dissimilar literary devices.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounded up. not sure what i expect but the title was really funny to me. i don't think the story was perticularly powerful nor do i think it was groundbreaking but i think the tender nature of Evan's outlook and writing was heart warming.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely journey of a man's life following Christ with a couple of cats in his life that serve as lovely metaphors for his journey. If you aren't a cat or Jesus follower then forget this book

[Betty Nash · Rating 5 out of 5]

Changed look at life

Shows you how to enjoy life and God through little things. Appreciate what is around you. I enjoyed the book.