Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Shack

MaryJo, Eva, Royal and I picked up Norberto Wolf for the bi-monthly book club at Bethany CRC. The Shack by Wm P. Young was a big hit. My sense was that the book's focus on love and relationships over rules and regulations has made it so popular. Maybe it is a needed reaction to what many perceive about the established, organized church.

2 comments:

  1. couldn't pass this up...I did not like the Shack. It was fluffy, shallow and the general conversations between "the Trinity" were superficial. And, additionally, I don't appreciate being told to pass on a book to others so that it can be made into a movie. let the work stand for itself. I do believe it was such a big "hit" because reading is hard work and this book makes it easy.

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  2. It's wonderful the diversity we see in people - some see The Shack as a life changer, some see it as a wake up call about the nature of God, some see it as just a "feel good" book and one of our attendees thought the writing was so horrid that he couldn't get past page 120.

    A book that elicts this variety of emotions is hitting some deep human nerve.

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