Friday, January 9, 2009

A Review of the Book "The Shack"


I was stuck in a place in my life where I was holding a grudge against God. I lost my mother back in 1999 when I was 22 years old to a very rare disease. I saw many things that happened in Bible College and church that really did not help in my thoughts of God (corruption, embezzlement, adultery, etc...)

The book "The Shack" brings you into the life of Mackenzie Phillips (Mack), who was stuck at a very difficult time in his life with God. Mack faces God with a lot of modern day questions that plague many people today.
In a way I placed myself in Mack's shoes. By the end of the book I was speechless. I mean, I graduated from a Bible college in 2003. That really did not help how I felt about God. Nothing did until I read "The Shack". That book single handily changed the way I thought about God, and it will change the way you think about Him too.
With God it is about relationships, not religion.