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The Shack | 
| Author: William P. Young
Publisher: Windblown Media
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0964729237
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780964729230
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Product Description
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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 The Shack by William P. Young November 22, 2008
Reading this book is akin to going on a pilgrimage, only with more drama packed in than the average pilgrim would experience! I emerge from "The Shack" with such a "wow" feeling, I know this has been life-changing. The story is gripping, and the characterisation totally original and off the wall. How can you see God as....well, I don't want to spoil the story. The writer certainly has courage, to tackle subjects which are almost taboo, and to carry it off without a hitch. I am left hungry for more. But that is now up to me, I guess.
 Why Not? November 22, 2008
The Shack was one of those books that I just couldn't put down, and I almost did. When the main character meets God, and He's an older black woman, I just about said `No'. I was wondering why I would want to continue to read this. I continued because I remember reading the book, "Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest", and there was a point when Oswald Chambers was asked why he studied Philosophy. To paraphrase it, it was because it helped him understand those who weren't Christians, and how to bring Christ to those who didn't know Him, by understanding them better. Remember that Jesus spent most of His time with what we would call non-Christians. I continued to read, and I must say that I wasn't disappointed!
I found my eyes tearing many times, as I tried to work the reading of it into every available moment of free time I had, and after 5 days, I was done. I had to read a couple of the chapters over to grasp what the author was trying to say. One of the reviews likened this to a parable, and I'd have to agree. It's controversial, but it pricked my spirit, and really caused me to see just how wretched I was, but it did give me hope.
Of course if I was asking God some questions, they would have been different than Mack's. Then again, I didn't lose a child, and after careful thought I would probably been asking the same questions. The book is full of grace, and forgiveness, which I struggle with, even though I know that both are a breath of fresh air. I can't wait to talk to God, to Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. I've got lots of questions, and will probably laugh at my naivetee.
I'd highly recommend this book...
Excellent November 22, 2008
Amazing story and difficult to put this book down once you begin to read it. You won't be sorry you bought it..or put it on your Wish List.
The Shack audio CD November 22, 2008
Very well done. Both my husband and I enjoyed it tremendousley. Each cd lasts about an hour and a half, which is perfect for a day trip. Would recommend it.
The Pastor loved it! November 22, 2008
"The Shack" isn't the Bible, but it is far above the George Burns "Oh God" portrayal. The CD I bought was a gift to a Pastor. They can be busy men or women when they are true servants of God, so this item was well received. It is a way to reconsider the deeper questions that a thinking person will confront in daily life. Are there any answers out there? The scene with the judge was especially poignant to me, as I read the book. I'm sure those who read or listen to it will enjoy it, as well. I don't think it is intended as an evangelistic tool, though it could possibly serve that purpose, so be a little discriminating in the choice of recipient. Karen B from SD
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