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How Can True Love Be Blasphemy?
Many critics of The Shack say it is blasphemy!
How can God first of all be portrayed as a woman, much less an African American woman?
One reviewer said, "Young's daring portrayal of the Trinity as 'eccentric personalities with offbeat ways of ...
Real Growth Requires Risk
Real growth requires risk.
"Daddy?"
"Yes, honey?"
"Will I ever have to jump off a cliff?"
"No, honey. I will never ask you to jump off a cliff, never, ever, ever."
"Then will God ask me to jump off a cliff?"
"No, Missy. He would never ask you ...
Some Simplicity Isn’t Bad!
In the intro to The Shack, Mack's friend describes Mack's transformation AFTER visiting the shack as this . . .
"But I have to tell you that I've never been around another adult who lives life with such simplicity and joy. Somehow he has ...
You Can’t Force Love
"Love that is forced is no love at all."
In the beginning of God's relationship with humanity we see God giving human beings the opportunity to choose between good and evil.
Humanity misused our free will and instead of choosing to follow ...
Beyond What We Can Fathom!
The problem is we just don't understand God.
For as long as there has been human thought people have been trying to understand God.
As human thought has developed and evolved over the millennia, we have continued to struggle with the concept ...
The Blame Game
Think back to your childhood.
When is the first time you remember "blaming" someone for something when you knew that YOU were actually the one to blame?
As Mack wrestled with his grief of losing his daughter, he found that he could not ...
Taking Up Permanent Residence
If you don't know the plot of The Shack, you will want to stop reading this devotion until after you read/watch the movie.
In The Shack, Mack allows his outrage at the murder of his daughter to sink deep into his soul. It permeates his being ...
Suffering in the Circumstances
Did you know that without some stress and opposition, complex life like ours would not have developed? Pathik Wadhwa, a studier of biological law and research states that stress and opposition turn out to be exactly what initiates our ...
Fear of Missing Out
Sometimes it is easy to be living in a perpetual state of FOMO, Fear of Missing Out (phrase coined by Rob Bell).
We see all the parts and pieces of life that are going on around us and it seems that whatever and wherever we are just doesn’t ...
In Hot Pursuit
If someone is in “hot pursuit” of someone or something, it means they are eagerly trying to get to whatever it is they are chasing.
Or looking at it from the perspective of the one who is closely being followed, if someone is tracking ...
The difference between worry and wonder.
Seth Godin, famous author, leader, and entrepreneur wrote early in January about what it means to “wonder.”
He writes, Wondering about your past, about what might have happened, about bad decisions made and roads not taken... this is a recipe ...
JOY: Writing Our Own Narratives
We all write our own narratives.
Have you ever wondered why some people are able to experience extreme tragedy but they deal with it in such an amazing way? The tragedy and grief does not seem to define them?
In The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama ...
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