...I’m finally working up the courage to pose this question:

With all the hoopla about “the Shack”, I wanna know: what “non-christian” book had the biggest positive impact on your spiritual life. For me, unequivocally, it was ‘The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ”.

No book I had ever read depicted Jesus as a real, live human being. Suddenly, I felt that he could share in my humanity. God became Immanuel to me, finally. That’s a succinct version. If anyone is interested in picking up the discussion, I can share more.