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Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note... read more
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Summary
The novel is set in the American Northwest. The main character is Mackenzie Philips, a father of five, called "Mack" by his family and friends.
Four years prior to the main events of the story, Mack takes his three youngest children on a camping trip to Multnomah Falls and Wallowa Lake...
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Cast of Characters
- Mackenzie Allen Philips (aka Mack): A man with a great sadness.
- Missy Philips: Mack's daughter
- Sarayu: Holy Spirit, part of the Trinity
- Papa (aka Elousia): Father God, part of the Trinity
- Jesus: Son of God, part of the Trinity
- Sophia: Personification of Wisdom
Memorable Quotes
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“Honestly, don't you enjoy punishing those who disappoint you?”
Mack -
“It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerners' access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia.”
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“It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.”
Papa -
“I understand how disorienting all this must be for you, Mack.”
Papa -
“Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book.”
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“Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.”
Papa
First Sentence
Who wouldn't be skeptical when a man claims to have spent an entire weekend with God, in a shack no less?
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. A Confluence of Paths
2. The Gathering Dark
3. The Tipping Point
4. The Great Sadness
5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
6. A Piece of Pi
7. God on the Dock
8. A Breakfast of Champions
9. A Long Time Ago, In a Garden Far, Far Away
10. Wade in the Water
11. Here Come Da Judge
12. In the Belly of the Beasts
13. A Meeting of Hearts
14. Verbs and Other Freedoms
15. A Festival of Friends
16. A Morning of Sorrows
17. Choices of the Heart
18. Outbound Ripples
After Words
Authors & Contributors
- William P. Young (Author)
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