First published 2007
Mackenzie Allen Philips carries unbearable grief. His youngest daughter Missy vanished during a family camping trip in Oregon. Police found evidence of her brutal murder in a remote wilderness shack. Four years pass in what Mack calls his Great Sadness. Then a mysterious note arrives, signed by God, asking him to return to that same shack for a weekend meeting. Mack drives through winter weather back to the place of his worst nightmare. What happens there challenges everything he believes about God, suffering, and forgiveness. The encounter forces Mack to confront questions that torment anyone who has faced terrible loss. Can faith survive when innocent children die? Where is God when evil wins? Mack receives answers that shake his understanding of divine love and human pain.
Genres: fiction, drama, christian-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, religious-themes
Setting: Oregon, Shack
Period: Four Years
248 pages · Paperback · Worthy Books
Content warnings: child-death