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\""The<\/p>\n

I love “The Shack.” I think it’s poorly written, but I do love<\/span> like it. I don’t think it’s heresy… that’s for sure…<\/p>\n

But this news from the LA Times<\/em> makes me very sad… <\/a><\/p>\n

“The Shack,” William Paul Young’s novel about a man rediscovering lost faith after the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, started out as a manuscript no one would touch. Finally, pastors Wayne Jacobsen and Brad Cummings discovered the book and created a start-up, Windblown Media, to publish it. The novel sold a million copies for them in the first year, eventually ending up at No. 1 on the New York Times’ trade paperback bestseller list.<\/em><\/p>\n

For nearly eight months, the trio have been mired in a series of lawsuits, accusations flying over improper accounting practices, millions of dollars in missing royalties, contract breaches and copyright disputes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the story here.<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

This is sad.<\/p>\n

I hate lawsuits between friends.<\/p>\n

I hate that it mostly comes down to money.<\/p>\n

Hope this gets resolved soon. Cuz this is sadder than the actual book–and not to mention, the news article is better written than the actual book… Uh… I didn’t write that…. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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