An Interesting Read-----

I just finished reading this book. I really cannot say that I "liked" it.... but it was interesting. It's about a man whose little girl was abducted and murdered by a serial killer in a shack in the woods. The father, after years of grief, receives a letter in his mailbox from God inviting him to go to the shack for the weekend.

The man goes to the shack and meets the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, but NOT at all what you might expect. However, over the course of the weekend, the man goes through a rebirthing process, lots of therapy, so to speak, to come to terms with WHY this happened to his little girl.... why God let it happen, and ultimately his relationship with God on a very personal level.

It's indeed a work of fiction, and sometimes extremely sacriligious in my opinion, but it does present the Godhead in a way that I have NEVER thought of before. If you can get past the physical appearance and delve into the relationship apect it is interesting.

I suppose for someone who has no concept of religion, or a very basic one... they would enjoy this book. Since I already feel I have a very personal relationship with Diety and envision them in my OWN way..... I was sometimes put off by their portrayal in the book.

SPOILER ALERT:

Basically God the Father is portrayed as a sort of "Aunt Jemima" black woman..... Jesus is a redneck in a flannel shirt, and the Holy Ghost (named Sarayu) is a lot like Mrs. Whatsit in "A Wrinkle In Time".... a shimmer.

However, it is an interesting read, but you won't gain any deep insights or life changing bits of wisdom from this book. At least I didn't.