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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780964729230 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0964729237 Label: Windblown Media Manufacturer: Windblown Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 01, 2007 Publisher: Windblown Media Studio: Windblown Media Editorial Review: Product Description: Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hard to finishTheology aside, the book was poorly written, and at points quite tedious. There was the rare interesting passage or two, but I had to make myself finish it. I am Presbyterian and my pastor asked me to read it in order to be prepared to comment if asked about it. My comment to those who have asked has been: "Don't waste your time." It boggles my mind that Eugene Peterson, a theologian/writer that I greatly admire, gave it such a glowing review. What was he thinking?! I was very puzzled that he ... Read More Rating:  - The Shack - AudiobookA wonderful book with a powerful message about the human condition in relationship to the Trinity. In many ways, reminiscent of the writtings of CS Lewis. For convenience sake, I downloaded the audiobook to my iPod so that I could listen during my commute to the office. The narration brought the story to life and synergistically complimented the storyline and the listening experience. Perhaps better appreciated by members of the chior rather than the skeptics. The audiobook contained almost nine hours ... Read More Rating: - God can use anything to encourage us, including a fictional bookOne thing I learned a long time ago: Never let a book (or Bible teacher, or preacher, or friend, or long-held belief about a thing) ever replace God in your life. When the Holy Spirit abides in us, we have access to the discernment that will say to us, "yes, this is right," or "no, don't be so quick to weave that into the fabric of your soul." I have a relationship with God. Relationship. Which means as I have read this book, I have given room to the Holy Spirit to speak to me about what I am reading. ... Read More Rating:  - Too much dogma and doctrineIt would be a better book if the author had left out the vast amount of doctrine. For example, trying to explain the trinity while telling a story fails to to both. Rating: - No Cookie Cutter Theology HereThis is not my normal reading genre and I'm often uncomfortable reading "Christian" books but I was pleasantly surprised with The Shack. Whether or not you're open to the anthropomorphism that casts God as a black woman or the Holy Spirit as an ethereal Asian nymph like creature you should take the time to listen to their dialogue as written by William P Young. It is an easy call to say that folks who buy into the Laws and Letters of Theology as presented by many mainstream churches today will ... Read More |
