...by William Paul Young, published by Windblown Media, 2007 (paperback).
This is a book about God, life, death and the issues associated with these 3.
It is a novel which follows the physical and spiritual journey of Mack, from a place of huge personal trauma and grief to an endpoint of wholeness and hope.
After a couple of scene-setting chapters, which I found rather slow-going, the story takes on quite a profound character, as Mack is introduced to God as he (or we) have probably never experienced God before.
It is based on Christian theology, but pushes the boundaries of received knowledge about the nature of God and the meaning of life to the nth degree.
The dialogues which take place between Mack, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit (though the names change a bit in the actual story) are reminiscent of C.S. Lewis, though with a more contemporary vocabulary feeding into them.
I would recommend this book - at least read it once! - as it will certainly challenge our religious/spiritual paradigms in a good way.
Thought-provoking and positive.
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William Paul Young Young shows himself to be a capable writer. His book is really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wee. What was your favourite aspect of the book, or magical moment in the story?
ReplyDeleteGee.