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The Shack

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments

I just finished reading The Shack, by William Young. I was a little wary of reading it, solely because it’s becoming popular in Christian circles, and I find that’s a recipe for poor quality, at least in music. Perhaps I need to repent of judging the Church… We’ll come back to that one day.

Anyway, I didn’t want to enjoy it for the reason I just stated, but after an unbiased read, I actually loved it! I would go as far as saying it’s a novel I would recommend to anyone/everyone. It captures the loving, holy, just, all-powerful nature of God in a way I’ve seldom seen written. The God of The Shack is absolutely the God I have experienced in my personal life, and in the Scriptures. So kind, so good, so desiring to take care of his children, and so worthy of our praise.

There are a few minor negatives to the book, and those all revolve around the writing quality. It does come across as a first novel, which I believe it is. That wasn’t enough to drive me to distraction, and after the first couple of chapters I didn’t notice so much. I do know a couple of folks who were quite distracted by the writing quality, so do bear that in mind if you’re editorially inclined.

I’ll spare you a full review. I don’t think it warrants one (it’s just that good!) But what I do want to do is respond to a couple of articles I have read, and bring attention to some conversation surrounding this novel. This is by no means exhaustive, rather me getting my thoughts out of my head, and for the benefit of those who have provided me these articles, and are awaiting a response.

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