The Shack - William P. Young

I'm afraid if I say too much I'll give too much away. Or, worse yet, by telling you so emphatically to read it, you will become less inclined to do so.

I'll take the risk. Buy or borrow a copy and read it. Do it now.

Some things to consider/remember:
Check your dogma at the door.
Prepare for a creative allegory, evocative of deep emotion and deep thinking.
It is a work of fiction originally written for a private audience, the author's children.
Read the Forward even if you normally don't.

Some quotes that I thought were particularly beautiful.

"So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it. Love is just the skin of knowing."

"It is not the nature of love to force a relationship but it is the nature of love to open the way."

It seems much easier to talk about this book rather than write about it. I'm still internalizing. I do know that I will never look at some things the same again. It was humbling and sometimes shocking to see so much of myself on the pages. Even more powerful were the moments when the writer invited me to see God in ways I've never imagined before. It is for relationship we were created. First with Him and then with one another. That is beautifully simple yet we add the (as another reviewer stated) "...do's and don't that distort a relationship into a religion..." and complicate it all.

So, in an effort to stop complicating...
Read it. I'd love to know what you think.