"The Shack"

Author: William P. Young
Classification: Fiction

Submitted by: Audrey Brennan

It is hard to put into words the impact of this book. It's not a long book, not a hard read -- other than trying to read through the tears -- but draws deeply powerful images of who our God is and how much He loves us. It has caused me to talk to my God differently, understand in a different way who the Holy Spirit is and although I'm still crying about it (even as I type this) they are not tears of sadness. They are tears of a fresh understanding of how our relationship with God and each other were originally created to be and how I (we) can experience more of that today.

This book, although it challenges our thoughts and paradigms of God and life, it really is a book that speaks more passionately to the heart. I've read a lot of books (almost exclusively nonfiction) and very few have had this kind of impact on me. I think I will be processing what this has done in my heart for a long time. I don't want to overanalyze it, I just want to let it take me closer to my God and the people He cares so much about. I will read this again after I recover from the first read!