original idea and cleverly written....susan complains to god about her past and he gives her his answers. ( )

Great read from beginning to end... and don't skip the introduction. :)

"Sarcasm is a viable form of communication." This phrase is sprinkled throughout the book and it's truth is in every chapter.

I found myself going back in time, relating to the mindset of the author in various places throughout my own search for truth. She reveals aspects of many who desire to find the real God and others who kill that desire by thinking they have all the answers.

Her humor is fantastic - great for laughs and powerful for truth. She creates characters from her life that the reader can easily relate to. Her stories put familiar pictures to what many of us have thought or wanted to say. Maybe we've even said it but it didn't feel funny in the midst of our frustrations with people or the church or with God.

I recommend this book for those who have struggled to fit in a church or connect with the typical church mindset (or at least it seems typical when you feel you are the only who doesn't think that way). I also recommend it for those who have always loved "the church" and defended "it" as if it were God himself.

Here's a couple of quotes that will stay with me:
"Maybe that's what church really is: just a bunch of guys, trying to figure it out together."

"Here's the hardest thing. I have to accept God as he is. Even if he never blesses me or gives me adventure, purpose, or meaning." ( )

What I appreciated most about this book was the author's honesty, her willingness to step outside of what is "acceptable" for a Christian to think and feel and say and instead get real! As a Christian who has been struggling the past year with what church is supposed to be, who I am, and who God really is, I was encouraged by Susan Isaacs' bravery in taking a long, honest look at her relationship with God and not being content to settle for what she knew was not the real thing. I love her descriptions throughout the book of the different churches she went to and the list of Forbidden Words in Chapter 17. Maybe snarky, but true! ( )

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