The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young
I saw this on the best-sellers rack of Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago, and the cover looked intriguing, so I took a look at it. After reading the back, I knew I had to buy this book, and I'm so glad I did.
Here's what the description on the back is:
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Mackenzie Allen Philips's 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!
This book is definitely thought-provoking, and possibly even life-changing, at least for me. It totally opened my mind up to who I thought God was and is, who I have been TOLD He is, and what He could be. It is helping me to "step out of my box" and open my mind - get past the clichés. It's really quite fascinating, and even though I don't necessarily agree with all of it, I think it is worth-while for anyone to read.
Whether you believe in God or not; whether you follow Him or not; it's an interesting read for sure, and it will give you something to think about
