![]() ![]() The book has become both a fascination and an object of contempt to millions of Christians. (Either Drew Barrymore or Björk could play her in the movie adaptation.) The Shack leads readers to think about how a Trinitarian God relates to humanity, albeit in ways some may find silly or worse. Jesus is a carpenter who looks like a Middle Eastern version of Bob Vila from “This Old House.” The Holy Spirit, a hippie Asian woman named Sarayu, tends a garden and flits in and out of scenes at will. God the Father, a k a “Papa,” is portrayed as a jolly African-American woman who can bake a mean scone while attending to the affairs of all creation. The Shack, a bestselling novel by William Paul Young, attempts to put flesh (literally) on the Trinity. ![]() ![]() Not even priests understand that.” The Trinity is an essential doctrine, yet few of us know much about it or its significance to our lives. I once overheard an adult initiation sponsor tell a catechist, “You don’t need to worry about the Trinity. A mystery,” “beyond comprehension,” “impossible to understand fully”-these are some of the phrases Christians use to describe the Holy Trinity, a central tenet of the faith. ![]()
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