Communion with God
Bestselling author Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations with God)  moves beyond showing readers how to develop a friendship with God and instead  offers a model for communion. Rather than using the dialog format, where Walsch  shares personal conversations he has with God, he chose to write through the  narrative voice of God--as if God were speaking directly to the reader. "I tell  you this: You need nothing to survive," says God. "Your survival is guaranteed.  I gave you everlasting life, and I never took it away from you." This format can  feel a bit jarring, as if this was an attempt at channeling rather than Walsch's  usual humble style of dialogue. Using a structure of top-10 illusions, Walsch  has God speaking to illusions such as need, judgment, and superiority. At times  God sounds scolding: "For I tell you this: Your idea of superiority could be the  last mistake you ever make." Yet, the bottom-line message is that of  unconditional love and the exhilarating promise of communion--a gift that is  lavishly offered throughout the final chapters.--Gail Hudson