The Shack

I love book referrals. Some of my favorite books are ones that a friend suggested I read. So why was I so suspicious when everyone started telling me I just had to read this great book called The Shack.

I read about the book first and I guess that made me suspicious. Mack is a 56 year old father of three, husband, fallen away Christian. While on a family vacation his youngest daughter, Missy, disappears and is assumed to be another victim of a child serial killer. The story begins several years later when Mack gets a note from God inviting him to the shack where Missy was killed after her abduction.

So it is one of those stories that is real and fantasy all mixed together. I usually have trouble with those, like The Lovely Bones. But my mother finally bought it for me to get me to read it and a church member hand delivered me another copy, so I decided it was time.

So have you read it? What did you think? Good? Bad? Mixed?

Let’s start with this- Just imagine you are in Mack’s shoes. You lost your youngest child to a savage murderer, while she was under your supervision. Your family has been irreparably damaged by the guilt, the loss and the sorrow. You have lost what little faith you had to begin with and feel totally abandoned by God. Now you have the opportunity to sit at the kitchen table and talk with God. God is a large African American woman who cooks delicious goodies to feed your hunger. (that is just the creator part, there is also a jesus and a spirit) You sit together, close enough to touch. You have God’s undivided attention and all the time in the world. What would you ask God?