An evening or two with the author of The Shack
It had been in my diary for some time that William P Young or Paul as he is known, was going to be speaking at a Church in Taupo this week. Paul is the author of the world best seller The Shack. Something like 17 million copies sold to date. What I hadn't realized was that he would be coming to dinner at the Eden Centre, where we live, for a couple of evenings. So there we were sitting around the table chatting with the man. What a privilege. I have read the reviews on the internet. I have read what some very eminent and influential theologians have said about the Shack. I have wondered why some members of the faith community can become so filled with vitriolic and why they love to strain at gnats. But that is not new and sadly blights the Christian church and the way we are perceived by the wider world. But, I have read The Shack. I read it on a plane flying to the UK from New Zealand a few years ago. It was difficult because I kept gettin...