A note specifically for those involved in my reading/discussion group of the best-seller The Shack: This coming Sunday be prepared for a conversation over Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen.
As expected, chapters eleven and twelve gave us more discussion fodder. We hit the ground running, discussing honesty. Was Mack acting lovingly or selfishly in withholding the truth from Nan? Is it ever in someone's best interest to withhold the truth from them? We wondered about different scenarios, and questioned our own motives where these scenarios took us. We also talked about judgment and judging others (and even God) relative to Mack's experience.
We also discussed the difficulty in the fact that there is evil in the world AND God is in control.
Lastly, the section of chapter twelve where the label Christian was raised caused us all a great deal of thought provocation. We discussed what we thought the term meant--and what it has come to mean in our society--and how the discrepancies effect us.
Any other impressions you may have had over the opening sections? Feel free to drop a comment here or pick it up in conversation with someone in the group. See you Sunday!
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