Review: "Where is the refuge for my bewildered heart?"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2013
But these are the words of a dying recovered alcoholic.  And her next words are a request for a martini.  Her daughter refused thinking she would regret it.  Such are the confusing vignettes in this transforming collection.  Each one is a scant page or a bit more, but each address the ineffable life of God and his humans.  God believes in reincarnation because once he saw a hot dog contest and it was the stupidest thing he ever saw.  He provided us with dew formed from the crystals formed in response of the magnetic earth, so that we can walk barefoot and gain a bit of earth's energy.My favorite is the story of Abraham and Sarah being visited by angels.  Sarah laughed and they considered her dim witted.  They meant the chance for transformation.  But it turned out literally.  And it was Abraham's idea to make Isaac carry the very wood for his death up the mountain.  But God stepped in.  I always did wonder about that story.Every one of these stories made me stop and say, "huh" to myself.  I keep thinking they are one thing, and then another.  And maybe God is represented by the people in the story.  Maybe it is an allegory.  But one thing is for sure, God has a sense of humor.  And even though we can never understand him, it is our job to stretch our minds into that great unknowingness, another idea from the collection.  So this collection does that and this makes it successful.  It only takes a little time to read, but you will kind of go "huh" for a long time.  It is definitely worth the "huh".