My mom just gave me this for my birthday. Havent read it yet...just wondering if any of you have and whether you liked it. I hear its controversial...

I really enjoyed it! I read that after 90 minutes in Heaven and both go down as must reads in my book!!

i haven't yet but it's on my list of must reads.

I've heard of it and seen it.. but never picked it up to check into what it's about...

sooooo.... what is it about?

I know A has read it and loved it....

It seems kind of heavy to me...I have a hard time with heavy books...because I like to read to escape...

I was planning on reading it but then Misty sent me Acheron- from the Dark Hunter series and I cant help my darn self. I have to read that first...

But I will repost here when I get a chance to read it. I am super curious. Deep doesnt bother me much. I like profound things...

I have read it and would highly recommend it to anyone. I don't know what would be controversial about it, I haven't heard anything to that effect. Definitely helped redefine my own faith and made me realize that my way of thinking is perfectly acceptable to God whether anyone else wants to think so or not. LOL

I have read it as well. It is very good. I don't see anything that could be controversial at all. It is one man's explanation of who God is. Michelle is right. It is kinda heavy, as you need to take your time to read and comprehend. Many ladies at church suggest reading it with a highlighter and a cup of coffee.

Yes most definitely keep a highlighter handy when you read it. A told me to do that but I didnt listen to her and now it is one of the very few books I plan on rereading so I can go through and high light things!

LOL And I told you to do it April because I didn't and kicked myself for it. LOL I have gone back through the first bit of mine and started highlighting things already. It's definitely a book to make your own, mark it up and be able to flip back to the important parts to you.

I read it and liked it. I got my copy from the library so couldn't mark it up, LOL I may buy a copy and reread it.

I just bought this one today. Along with 3 other books, so I am not sure which I will read first.
May I ask though, why you need to highlight? Is it just to remember certain things that occur?

Sarah there are sooooooo many things that he mentions that just FIT into life ya know? kinda like aha moments. I have remembered a few but would love to go back and highlight ALL of those things that he said that stood out to me.

Yep as April said there are so many AHA moments that highlighting it makes it so much easier to go back anytime you need to to get that AHA again. Some statements in it are just so powerful, that you want to go back to them again.

Oh okay, I was just wondering. I thought I was going to start this one last night, but started another book instead. I should start The Shack later this week I think.

I am on chapter 3...so far its good. I like the writer- he doesnt write shallow meaningless things. Its deeper...so if you like easy reads this may not be ideal. Its thought provoking and very interesting. If I didnt have homework to do I probably would have already read the whole thing.

All I can say is WOW. Like it is so deep that I understand the sentences but cannot wrap my mind around some of the concepts it is so deep. But I love love love it. If it was shallow all meaning would be lost. Now I am understanding the need for a highlighter!!

Yep seeeeee, I reread soooo many things in there just to try and wrap my mind around it. I read 90 minutes in Heaven and loved it too but it was a much smoother read, it really reiterated what a lot of people say about Heaven and stuff but the Shack, wow. It puts the way you live your life now in a whole new light too. I have talked to Eric quite a bit about what the book says and thats why I would like to reread it and hi-light things so I can read them word for word to him.

I looked at the website and read the first chapter so..now I need to get this book!I am going to get evermore to..still havnt!

The part where he is talking about devotions and then he sighed because to him 'devotions' was: "a tedious and boring exercise in coming up with the right answers, or rather the same old answers to the same old Bible story questions, and then trying to stay awake during his fathers excrutiatingly long prayers".
OMG it was the same when I was growing up! Dad would pull out the Bible and we would all sigh and try to stay awake. This book has made me see God in a whole entirely new way, and I think it is amazing!

I also have difficulty understanding the whole Trinity thing...one God three different beings...but this author has such a clear understanding that he describes it so great.