I just finished The Shack this morning.  There are certain books in my life that have been so profound that their meaning has been incorporated into the the way that I think and my perspective of the world.  Little Women was one of those, Creating True Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Diary of Anne Frank... there is actually quite a long list, but not that many compared to the thousand that I have read.  The Shack is now one of them.  Every conflict and confusion in my my mind about God and life in general is lovingly and vividly addressed and the way I look at things will never be the same.