The Shack and Other Books I Don't Have Enough Faith To Read
The book The Shack by William P. Young has become a huge bestseller in a very short amount of time. There has also been a lot of talk about this book throughout the Catholic community~some positive, some negative.
I will be honest, I have not read the book in its entirety, only bits and pieces of it. The reason I can not bring myself to read the book cover to cover is because personally, I do not feel I have enough faith to read this book as an objective Catholic; this is also the reason I stay away from books like The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons. This post is not to tell people what they should or should not read; I leave that to each individuals good judgment.
The main reason for this post is to direct you to Fr. Robert Barron's review of this book. He gives an honest commentary on the positive and negative aspects of this book. I like the fact that he doesn't throw the baby out with the bath water. While he does recommend the book to Catholic; he puts it this way, "It's like watermelon; there is a lot of sweet stuff, but you have to spit out some seeds along the way." I love that analogy.
Who knows, maybe one day I will be able to read books like this and just spit out the seeds. In the meantime, you can head over to Word On Fire to listen to Fr. Barron's review. Click on the WOF/TV tab on the site to view Father's videos. While you are there, you can also listen to his continuing interview series with Mike Leonard and his questions to Father about the Catholic Faith.
I will be honest, I have not read the book in its entirety, only bits and pieces of it. The reason I can not bring myself to read the book cover to cover is because personally, I do not feel I have enough faith to read this book as an objective Catholic; this is also the reason I stay away from books like The DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons. This post is not to tell people what they should or should not read; I leave that to each individuals good judgment.
The main reason for this post is to direct you to Fr. Robert Barron's review of this book. He gives an honest commentary on the positive and negative aspects of this book. I like the fact that he doesn't throw the baby out with the bath water. While he does recommend the book to Catholic; he puts it this way, "It's like watermelon; there is a lot of sweet stuff, but you have to spit out some seeds along the way." I love that analogy.
Who knows, maybe one day I will be able to read books like this and just spit out the seeds. In the meantime, you can head over to Word On Fire to listen to Fr. Barron's review. Click on the WOF/TV tab on the site to view Father's videos. While you are there, you can also listen to his continuing interview series with Mike Leonard and his questions to Father about the Catholic Faith.
Comments
You both, along with Fr. Barron confirmed my suspicions about this book.