July 29, 2007
General Updates on The Shack stuff - July 29, 2007
I am still working on getting the site over to Joomla, and while it was ’soon’ last month, it is even ’sooner’ now. I should probably just quit messing with stuff, but…
The podcast that I recorded last month with Greg Albrecht and Plain Truth is now posted… http://www.ptm.org/young/ I never like to listen to my own voice much, so it’s there if you would like a listen. I was fun…that is about all I remember. They kindly gave me the entire back cover of their magazine, The Plain Truth, to promote the book. Their website, Christianity Without the Religion, can be linked to at ttp://www.ptm.org/cwr/. You can click on the ‘magazine’ menu item and get a free year’s subscription if you like. They have asked me to wrtie some articles for them, and I hope to do that.
Heading down to Salem next Sunday, the 5th of August, to hang out with a bunch of folks connected to Dena and Mark Brehms. That is going to be wonderful, I can’t wait.
Did another radio show, this time for an old … uh, an older… uh, someone that I have known for a long time, who is a nationally certified grief counselor and Hospice caregiver. She is amazing!
But the really big news is that any day now, our first grand child will be emerging out of seclusion (our first is due August 4th and our second is due August 21st). We are sooooo ready!!
Just received an invitation to sign books and speak up in Abottsford B.C., hosted by the 3rd largest bookstore in Canada…don’t know details yet, but will keep you posted.
My son Nicholas and I are planning to try to take a weekend in August and travel the journey from Portland, OR out to Wallowa Lake, up the tram etc, and tape some video segments that we can put online. Probably five or six, so that you can see some of the sites from the book, like Multnomah Falls, the Columbia Gorge, Joseph, the camp site, the tram…maybe event the cabin, if we can pull it off. Sounds like fun, eh?
I am starting to work on recording a CD version of the book…hoping to have a couple test chapters done in the next two weeks. Will keep you posted on that.
Someday, I hope I get to travel and that my journeys will take you close to where ‘you’ are, so we can sit and hang out a bit over a cup a coffee, or for me a Chai tea, extra hot, with soy (or just tea of any type really).
Blessings to you all,
(Paul)
Spread the word
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11 Comments on General Updates on The Shack stuff - July 29, 2007 »
August 2, 2007
Bettefinch Coley @ 6:51 pm:
I just read your book. It was loaned to me by my hairdresser. I could not put the book down. I have ordered several books to give to my friends to read and then pass around. I believe everyone should read (owm)this book. I hope to read it regularly. Thanks for the book. BF
August 11, 2007
Amada McIntosh @ 11:32 pm:
Hi, Willie,
We have six “kids”, nine counting our kids in law, all in their 20’s. We have 4 books doing the rounds between us because we live in Australia and I ordered one first, then three and I am hoping to order a box next to pass on to other friends and family.
It would be impossible to tell you everything but not only has the book helped us to get closer spiritually but it has brought so much healing from wounds we had learned to live with like THE GREAT SADNESS. I have never read a book that has helped me deal with so many issues at once. I was thinking that this is truly from God. Imagine the weight that is being lifted from so many lives. It has already made a difference in ours. Blessings in Jesus’ Name from Australia.
April 13, 2008
d walworth @ 5:48 pm:
I enjoyed the dialogue amongst the characters very much. I did not like the fact that God(the Father) is a woman in the book. Our pastor is doing a series of sermons with the Shack as the back drop (with dramatazations by church memebers.) I thought the story was very well written.
May 3, 2008
Jean @ 5:28 am:
Just finished “The Shack” and it was FIVE Star and a great book! Unlike the last post, which”…did not like the fact that God (the Father) is a women…I thought the gender choice was brilliant. God can be anything or anyone (as later in the story portrays); therefore, I loved the warm and familiar way the setting was created and how the three characters (very special characters) were portrayed and interacted with each other. The true love of the Trinity….
Jean
May 16, 2008
Pondgal @ 9:11 am:
I don’t normally read fiction books but I was drawn to this one. It is an amazing story. I can’t stop talking about it. My friends and I are hopeful for a movie version. Thank you for this story.
May 19, 2008
John E.Claunch @ 2:50 pm:
3 Months we lost our twenty-eight year-old son and I was told by several good Christian friends to read your book! This has been the best heart-healing I could have ever asked for!Thank you! I will be buying more of your book for others around me. We have been going to Celebrate Recovery
in Little Rock, Arkansas and this has also given us hope for Life ahead! Again, Thank you, John
May 20, 2008
Haroldo Silva @ 5:11 pm:
I would love to see this book in Portuguese. May the Lord provide the means for such an endeavor. We have bought several copies and given them to relatives and friends. May the work continue. I hope to be involved in helping spreading the message somehow. God bless.
Haroldo Silva
May 26, 2008
David L McKay @ 5:55 pm:
Dear Willie,Being familar with Wallowa County I don’t think there are any stop lights in the area but having said that I was deeply moved by your attempt to place theology in a story for those of us who have a hard time dealing with grace because of all the pain. I am having a bit of a hard time seeing some of the analogies but your work made me cry and that of course pissed me off because Ive spent quite some time building my fortress for you to just poke holes in it.Do me a favor-send me some sort of doctrinal statement so I can refute what some are saying about newage novels specifically Dave Hunt. It would make me feel better in giving an answer to others about your book. I try to look into a matter before I give an answer to others. Thanks, Under The Mercy,Pastor Dave
May 27, 2008
sandy @ 6:48 pm:
I enjoyed this book so much..Could not put it down..Gives you alot to think about…
May 28, 2008
S. Chandler @ 4:42 pm:
I have to admit…there was a hurdle I had to get over in this book, God the Father–a female, at first, I thought, here we go…, another agenda. Well, I am so glad I kept reading. It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with God’s love. Our church mission statement starts out with…To glorify and enjoy God…Well I know what it means to glorify God, but until I read this book, I really didn’t know what it meant to ENJOY God.
Richard Wharton @ 5:02 pm:
I kept thinking that was a New Age type of publication,boy was i wrong.
GOD is indeed a multifacited(sic) being. That HE chose to be a woman did not matter.
Grace and Glory be yours, through our Lord and saviour
Jesus Christ.
Pastor Richard