[Faith-talk] recommended books

[Debby Phillips]

This is just my opinion but I think he used the female Papa to 
show us that God nurtures like a mother as well as being our 
Father.  And at the end of the book, Papa is Father.  The woman 
who was the model for Papa I knew.  She was a wonderful, awesome 
woman who has gone to be with the Lord.  She was a Pastor at 
EastHill Foursquare Church in Gresham, Oregon when I was in 
college.  I heard the author speak at a Free Methodist conference 
that I attended several years ago.  He is an excellent speaker.

I also liked the book because it was Trinitarian.  JESUS was God, 
but definitely human too.  In one scene he drops an egg or 
something.  I can't remember now.  Nothing sinful about that, 
just something us humans might do.  His image of the Holy Spirit 
was fascinating to me.  Again, he used the female, but by that 
time it wasn't such an issue for me.  And you know, in Genesis 
God says let us make man in our image.  (I'm paraphrasing here).  
I think when you read a book that is fiction, you have to read it 
that way.  Not like it's literally the Bible.  I loved the book, 
and look forward to seeing if The Crossroads is available.  I 
hope you do read it Poppa Bear, I think that you would like it.  
I got it from Bookshare, but I'm pretty sure it's on BARD, or by 
now I'm sure there's an audible version of that book available.    
Blessings,    DEBBY and Neena