Review: From the Pastor's Perspective
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2013
How shall we love is the story of Cornelia Tisdale, a young genius who very early in life decides there are five sureties in life: Life, Death, Pain, Love, and God. Her father who encourages her to study anything she wants is happy with all of her sureties except the last and refuses to let her study that one. Which as we all know is the fastest way to get someone to do something refuse to allow it.Cornelia becomes obsessed with learning about God and Love and in that pursuit meets a strange man who gives her the key to love and then a few years later she meets the worlds most famous nun who show her how love and God go hand in hand. This story follows Cornelia through year life and we see as she grows and finds God through a relationship with his son Jesus.This book is not one of those feel good everything is perfect Christian life books. Cori as she comes to be called has a tough life at times. She lives with a father who though happy with her studies is also overly protective of her and selfishly guarded with her life so that it doesn't inconvenience him. He is ruthlessly opposed to all religion and most of Cori's harshest punishments come when her study of her 5 sureties leads her in that direction.recommendMs. Yates has done a wonderful job asking questions about God, faith, and love that most people have. I particularly liked that Cori's acceptance of a relationship through Jesus wasn't a quick easy thing like so many authors write. Even after Cori realizes that faith through Jesus is the way to God she resists because of things that are happening in her life.  This book also tackles some tough issues from Child sexual abuse to Homosexuality. Some readers may be upset with the authors take on the latter of these issues but I found it refreshing that an author could stand by their convictions of right and wrong and still show us How Shall We Love. I highly recommend this book.