I've read "The Shack" twice. Once when my oldest son, Nate, was alive and once right after he died, last year. It touched me with a sense of wonder that I had never experienced, when I read it the first time. Upon Nate's death, the book filled me with joy, immeasurable. I began to search the Scriptures for comments about Heaven and REAL life, after this false life. I bought Randy Alcorn's book "Heaven" and other works by other authors. I centered myself in the Bible AND enjoyed other works. Paul Young's book is a catalytic book for thinking and imagining...it is not the Bible. It is a fiction story about a non-fiction God who REALLY loves us. It is a story of heart, not head...and it seems that some leaders in the certain Baptist denominations don't think people have the discerning ability to distinguish the difference between Paul Young and Paul the Apostle. C'mon...are you kidding me? It's a story...a parable. A metaphor. Jesus used them. No wonder searching people walk past certain Baptist churches and on into  Barnes and Noble/Dennis Mansfield. More here.

Question: What did you think of 'The Shack'?

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