For those of you who have already read The Shack, I wanted to tease out a few other points beyond these.
The most wrenching part is God’s demand that Mack forgive Missy’s killer. But there’s something unsatisfying to me about the moment: part of how he’s able to go through with it is that God showed him Missy’s current happiness. Most people don’t get that gift and indeed it’s not part of what God promises in Scripture. Many of us would be forgiven for saying: “well, I’d get over my grief fast too if you could show me my loved one.”
What did you think of the book?