Comments on: The Beauty of Ambiguity (Mystery) http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/ The Official Site of Paul Young, author of The Shack Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:59:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: amroberts http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2867 amroberts Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:13:25 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2867 Ah, the beauty of ambiguity. A true postmodernist's delight. People's tolerance for ambiguity is a worthwhile phenomenon to observe. Some are just able "to live within the questions" while others are not. I guess this is why we usually get two very different reads of "the Shack" depending on people's perspective and said tolerance. Paul Y's unique and imaginative take is an articulation for those questions that many of us struggle with on a daily basis. See you soon, Paul, for you talk at King College/Buechner Institute. I will be your ride for the early flight home!<br>Best,<br>amr Ah, the beauty of ambiguity. A true postmodernist's delight. People's tolerance for ambiguity is a worthwhile phenomenon to observe. Some are just able “to live within the questions” while others are not. I guess this is why we usually get two very different reads of “the Shack” depending on people's perspective and said tolerance. Paul Y's unique and imaginative take is an articulation for those questions that many of us struggle with on a daily basis. See you soon, Paul, for you talk at King College/Buechner Institute. I will be your ride for the early flight home!
Best,
amr

]]> By: Jeanne dionne http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2868 Jeanne dionne Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:47:02 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2868 I truly felt at lost after reading The Shack...I felt that I no longer had a dialogue with the Trinity...I did come to grips with myself & hopefully I too can comfortably talk with my spiritual Father at anytime & anyplace. <br>Sounds like you have the making of another great book & super read.....Thank You for sharing your pearls of wisdom with me. Jeanne I truly felt at lost after reading The Shack…I felt that I no longer had a dialogue with the Trinity…I did come to grips with myself & hopefully I too can comfortably talk with my spiritual Father at anytime & anyplace.
Sounds like you have the making of another great book & super read…..Thank You for sharing your pearls of wisdom with me. Jeanne

]]> By: jaccit http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2859 jaccit Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:24:56 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2859 Your book was a wonder, beautiful, healing and hopeful. People that need to be right, need to put God in a box, don't get it. Thank you for expanding our view of God. Your book was a wonder, beautiful, healing and hopeful. People that need to be right, need to put God in a box, don't get it. Thank you for expanding our view of God.

]]> By: jon http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2860 jon Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:13:13 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2860 Wow,<br>thanks for that Paul. I have found myself in the same place you were here with the same questions. Papa shed some light on my experience as i read yours. thanks so much!! Wow,
thanks for that Paul. I have found myself in the same place you were here with the same questions. Papa shed some light on my experience as i read yours. thanks so much!!

]]> By: PastorShauna http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2789 PastorShauna Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:20:50 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2789 I am a pastor here in Arizona who LOVES to read. For some reason I had seen your book but never quite picked it up, but when I did.....WOOOO-WHOOO!! Jackpot!!! I was absolutely in awe with the accuracy in which you displayed our God. I had convinced myself that it must have been a true story because it is not easy to find someone who so acurately displays not only the desires and presence of our God, but His actual character???!!!! Wow! I am sooo impressed. I know that you can be discouraged by the negative and inaccurate comments you hear, but choose to look at all of the lives that God has used you to change as a result of this book. Even old Christians can see that they haven't been relating to God in the way that they are able to. One of my brothers told me that it had been a long time since he had remembered that God is really just that real. I would love to read your other work as well. Thank you! I pray that Papa would continually bless you and your family and that you would forever walk in the healing power of Her presence. Ciao!! Thank you again! I am a pastor here in Arizona who LOVES to read. For some reason I had seen your book but never quite picked it up, but when I did…..WOOOO-WHOOO!! Jackpot!!! I was absolutely in awe with the accuracy in which you displayed our God. I had convinced myself that it must have been a true story because it is not easy to find someone who so acurately displays not only the desires and presence of our God, but His actual character???!!!! Wow! I am sooo impressed. I know that you can be discouraged by the negative and inaccurate comments you hear, but choose to look at all of the lives that God has used you to change as a result of this book. Even old Christians can see that they haven't been relating to God in the way that they are able to. One of my brothers told me that it had been a long time since he had remembered that God is really just that real. I would love to read your other work as well. Thank you! I pray that Papa would continually bless you and your family and that you would forever walk in the healing power of Her presence. Ciao!! Thank you again!

]]> By: margarethdejong http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2729 margarethdejong Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:35:32 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2729 The book had a great inpack on me and here is the anwer which I found<br> The Shack is about the 5th dimension, where everything is LOVE. This is our future! Poor Mack, has to go back to the 3th dimension,because, he has to get more healing, until he is whole. The book had a great inpack on me and here is the anwer which I found
The Shack is about the 5th dimension, where everything is LOVE. This is our future! Poor Mack, has to go back to the 3th dimension,because, he has to get more healing, until he is whole.

]]> By: Ainslie Kincross http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2730 Ainslie Kincross Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:24:35 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2730 I don't think I'd be worried about being called a "universalist" -- I think God must (by definition) be a "universalist"! I don't think I'd be worried about being called a “universalist” — I think God must (by definition) be a “universalist”!

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]]> By: valdnasalesbr http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2708 valdnasalesbr Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:27:43 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2708 Axabei de ler A Cabana. Livro emocionalmente lindo, tenro e simples que sinceramente mudou muitas opiniões que tinha. O que mas me chamou a atenção, foi o relacionamento tão íntimo que Mack criou com Deus. Ao chamá-lo de Papai vi que nossa relação com Deus deveria ser mas íntima. Íntima ao extremo. Deus, quer dizer Papai, conheçe os desejos mas íntimos do nosso coração, então porque não compartilhar tudo com ele? Outra coisa que aprendi, e foi a lição mas poderosa no livro que encontrei, foi sobre o julgamento. Quem somos nós para julgar-mos Deus? E as pessoas que vivem ao nosso redor? Antes de julgar temos que nos olhar e vê o que falta o que está errado. Por fim, o livro é encantador, não sei se a história é verdadeira, mas prefiro acreditar que sim. Deus, Papai, pode todas as coisas. Afinal se alguma coisa importa, todas as coisas importam. Axabei de ler A Cabana. Livro emocionalmente lindo, tenro e simples que sinceramente mudou muitas opiniões que tinha. O que mas me chamou a atenção, foi o relacionamento tão íntimo que Mack criou com Deus. Ao chamá-lo de Papai vi que nossa relação com Deus deveria ser mas íntima. Íntima ao extremo. Deus, quer dizer Papai, conheçe os desejos mas íntimos do nosso coração, então porque não compartilhar tudo com ele? Outra coisa que aprendi, e foi a lição mas poderosa no livro que encontrei, foi sobre o julgamento. Quem somos nós para julgar-mos Deus? E as pessoas que vivem ao nosso redor? Antes de julgar temos que nos olhar e vê o que falta o que está errado. Por fim, o livro é encantador, não sei se a história é verdadeira, mas prefiro acreditar que sim. Deus, Papai, pode todas as coisas. Afinal se alguma coisa importa, todas as coisas importam.

]]> By: adribrazil http://windrumors.com/2008/03/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/comment-page-5/#comment-2691 adribrazil Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:50:43 +0000 http://www.windrumors.com/43/the-beauty-of-ambiguity-mystery/#comment-2691 The Shack was a gift from my father. He bought one for himself and my mother and one for each daughter. The book caught me in a way that I couldn't stop reading it. Besides its magnificent writing the story is really touching. It's unique. I have never felt the way I'm doing right now after reading a book, and I have read a lot of great books. The Shak affected me deeply. It gave me answers, it made me understand some questions with which I've been fighting for a long time. I really believe that this is the real nature of God and the dialogues are so true that we end up believing that God was really there, with Mack, Jesus and Sarayu. Your book, Paul, made me want to build a closer relashionship with Him. Thanks a lot. The Shack was a gift from my father. He bought one for himself and my mother and one for each daughter. The book caught me in a way that I couldn't stop reading it. Besides its magnificent writing the story is really touching. It's unique. I have never felt the way I'm doing right now after reading a book, and I have read a lot of great books. The Shak affected me deeply. It gave me answers, it made me understand some questions with which I've been fighting for a long time. I really believe that this is the real nature of God and the dialogues are so true that we end up believing that God was really there, with Mack, Jesus and Sarayu. Your book, Paul, made me want to build a closer relashionship with Him. Thanks a lot.

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