Author's Journey Grew Into Spiritual Therapy
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DURHAM -- Imagine a book in which God is a big African-American woman who loves to cook, Jesus walks around wearing a carpenter's belt, and the Holy Spirit is an elusive Asian woman.
That's the Trinitarian formula behind a best-selling book that has stubbornly remained No. 1 on the New York Times trade fiction list for 49 weeks.The book, called "The Shack," is a sensation in churches across the country. On Sunday, its author, William P. Young, visited Newhope Church in Durham to tell about his odyssey from office manager in Gresham, Ore., to blockbuster writer whose tale has sold 6.5 million copies.
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DURHAM -- Imagine a book in which God is a big African-American woman who loves to cook, Jesus walks around wearing a carpenter's belt, and the Holy Spirit is an elusive Asian woman.
That's the Trinitarian formula behind a best-selling book that has stubbornly remained No. 1 on the New York Times trade fiction list for 49 weeks.The book, called "The Shack," is a sensation in churches across the country. On Sunday, its author, William P. Young, visited Newhope Church in Durham to tell about his odyssey from office manager in Gresham, Ore., to blockbuster writer whose tale has sold 6.5 million copies.
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