I thought that men should rule women, husbands rule wives. I thought that sometimes words could not be spoken and you only had to submit, to follow. That you should submit to those who were above you, that it was necessary. I thought without hierarchy, there will be chaos. You see, I’m one of those people who are accustomed by the idea that the Lord is the Creator of order, and when I mean order, that also means hierarchy - where people are superior to others, where others are meant to be rich and some are poor, to rule and be ruled. I know you won’t be surprised by the idea that I’m suggesting.

But then again with all the concepts that you presented on the book, I found one rather most interesting and worthy of a discussion - it’s about order, hierarchy and relationships.

Halfway through my book reading, my thought was: this is an accurate representation of God, at least by how I know Him. It was only when my boss asked me to write an article about 2017 book-to-screen adaptations that I started to research about your book and its movie counterpart and became really interested on what it was actually about. She said it was her favourite, and to be honest, I didn’t know that it was a Christian novel (if I can call it that). I first heard about your book from a friend at church while we were discussing about making a book club. I am Precious Prestosa, a 20-year old girl from the Philippines.

Good job on that one! Now, let me introduce myself. Good day, William! How are you? First thing, I love your book.

But hey, at the end of the book they said that I can converse with the author. Ha ha (or I guess my letter is vague huhu). Hopefully.Īnyway, this is the copy of the letter I sent him last week and I am yet to receive a reply (if I would be receiving one). However, there is one thing that I really want him to elaborate for me. In his book, Young presented many concepts about Christian faith and God Himself that actually helped me to gain a deeper understanding about God and His character. It turns out that the mail was sent by God and by following, Mack spent his whole weekend with Him. “The Shack” is a fictional novel written in 2007 about a grieving man named Mackenzie who received a strange mail from someone who called himself “Papa,” asking him for a meeting at the place called the shack. It’s when I read the book called “The Shack” by William Paul Young. Have you ever read a novel that puts you into position where you want to agree with the author, but not really, because not everything is clear to you? Or is there a book that makes you want to contact the author after reading it for some clarifications or explanations? Well, I have.

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