Angry Conversations with God

A Snarky But Authentic Spiritual Memoir

De: Susan Isaacs

Narrado por: Susan Isaacs, Dale Inghram, Scott Brick, Tony Hale

“I was raised Lutheran: Bible-believing, Jesus-loving Lutheran. But as an adult I tried everything: Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Rock ‘n’ Roll Slackers 4 Jesus, Actors for Yahweh. Then I said, ‘Screw it’ and became a drunk and a slut. Well, a Lutheran slut–I slept with only two guys. Then I got sober and into AA, where they said I could pick whatever god I wanted. But I didn’t pick God; God picked me. I’ve known Him as long as I can remember.”

Disillusioned, disenfranchised, and disinterested in anything churchy, Susan E. Isaacs knew of only one thing to do when she hit spiritual rock bottom at age forty: She took God to couples counseling.

In this cuttingly poignant memoir, Susan chronicles her rocky relationship with the Almighty. And what begins with professional and personal heartbreak quickly snowballs into a middle-class white girl’s Dark Night of the Soul.©2009 Susan E. Isaacs; (P)2009 Random House

Heck of a journey

I really enjoyed this audio book. I found myself laughing at the "snarkiness" and thinking it is refreshing to hear an authenticate fight with God. God is bigger than our anger at Him. Loved the book, the audio performance and the end!

Her truth!

I loved that she is real with her inner thoughts! I appreciate her concept. I will be reading this again! Thank you

An honest and heart-felt story

I really enjoyed this book for a number of reasons. It's an honest heart-felt expression of one woman's journey through life and how she tried to reconciled what she believed her faith to be telling her with what she experienced. She calls into question the traditional response that some people and churches have towards people and their issues and shows how, at least in her case, they failed. She eventually gets to a place of resolution with everything. It’s just that it was through an unconventional way. It's quite good and thought-provoking if nothing else.

I also appreciated her comments about her interaction with single men in the church, of which I am one. It was good hearing from a woman's point of view how she experiences single Christian men and how much we need to improve.

I really like this book in audio and can't imagine a print version would be as good. Hearing the author tell her own story is pretty compelling in itself. But I have to believe her experience as an actor helped significantly. The dialogue she has with God seems to be helped significantly by being in audio.

I do believe the book will likely bother some people because it calls into question orthodox ways of interacting with people within the church. But frankly that's one of the things i most liked about it. I think it raises issues that are too often ignored.

My only concern about the book is that there's some language in there that's not what you'd hear in church, but nothing worse than any PG movie. Most bothersome to me was several references to a man's "cojones" (or lack thereof) when describing his passivity. In the context of a personal memoir it wasn't too offensive, and it certainly communicates the idea well. However I'd prefer that a man's privates be kept private.

Overall I really liked the book. I certainly recommend it, particularly if you find the sample at all compelling.

extremely honest and extremely hilarious

sooo great, thanks for sharing your neurosis with us Susan... struck waaay to many chords with me, were you in your head or mine? i love the voices, great job!

How easily annoyed are you?

I didn't like the author's style of reading. I kept on thinking, "I bet the author didn't want it to be read that way," and then remembering that the author narrates this one! I just think her voice is a little annoying. Preview before you buy.

As for the storyline, I can relate to the author in many ways, so that made it easier, but I still felt that I just wanted to tell her to chill out and stop being so crazy for most of the book. I think she took the drama of her seemingly normal life to an unnecessary level. She complains a lot.

I ended up giving it four stars because I don't regret listening to it. Some parts were truly funny and relatable.