Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir

Great read from beginning to end... and don't skip the introduction. :)

"Sarcasm is a viable form of communication." This phrase is sprinkled throughout the book and it's truth is in every chapter.

I found myself going back in time, relating to the mindset of the author in various places throughout

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my own search for truth. She reveals aspects of many who desire to find the real God and others who kill that desire by thinking they have all the answers.

Her humor is fantastic - great for laughs and powerful for truth. She creates characters from her life that the reader can easily relate to. Her stories put familiar pictures to what many of us have thought or wanted to say. Maybe we've even said it but it didn't feel funny in the midst of our frustrations with people or the church or with God.

I recommend this book for those who have struggled to fit in a church or connect with the typical church mindset (or at least it seems typical when you feel you are the only who doesn't think that way). I also recommend it for those who have always loved "the church" and defended "it" as if it were God himself.

Here's a couple of quotes that will stay with me:
"Maybe that's what church really is: just a bunch of guys, trying to figure it out together."

"Here's the hardest thing. I have to accept God as he is. Even if he never blesses me or gives me adventure, purpose, or meaning."

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I enjoyed this book, too. The author had a promising acting career going and also was a very talented writer. She struggled in her relationship with God trying to find him in a succession of churches on both her native West Coast and in New York City. Along the way, she became both a bulemic and an

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alcoholic. She overcame both and then turned down a role in a film that she did not think would bring glory to God. That move ended up pretty much short-circuiting her career and sending her into long-term counseling with God. Since she had never found a husband, she figured God was her husband and took Him to counseling sessions with a former pastor named Rudy. This book chronicles their journey and conversations. It was an unusual concept and well-written. Happily, the author has since found an earthly husband, has resumed doing some acting, and has a very successful writing career going. This is a chronicle of an interesting journey to which many people will be able to relate.

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Isaacs is an actress and a screenwriter. I hate celebrity memoirs, but Isaacs seemed to have enough of the writer in her for me to let this one slide under my radar. So what did I think of it? She seemed like a ranting neurotic, jumping into relationships, jumping out, loving God, blaming God. My

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instincts told me from the get-go: Walk away from this book. Some good parts, but not enough to have a whole book.

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I think I might like this book in print, but 8 hours of listening to a "snarky" monologue was beyond me.

Isaacs presents an honest account of her dialogue with God and shows how her anger subsides in the face of His love. I enjoyed the humor in this book and the heart-felt candor. Isaacs articulates the struggle with faith that many of us face. Suffering disappointments and unrealized dreams, she

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can't help but wonder what role God plays in all that. She never seems to doubt that He is a personal God, but she sees him as a stingy God for much of the memoir. In the end, Isaacs comes to terms with the struggles of this world and realizes that these struggles are separate from God and His never-ending love. Life can suck, but that is not God's fault. He suffers along with us.

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I swear Susan Isaacs is the love child of Donald Miller and Anne Lamott! Susan decides she has had enough of God and decides to take him to see her therapist for couples counseling. From there it is a beautiful journey through her life's ups and downs while struggling with the god of her

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childhood.
It felt real, authentic, and deeply Christian from start to finish and her use of scripture never seemed forced. Warning to those that can't take a little language and adult settings then avoid it, but if you're looking for how doubt, struggle and faith are lived out in one woman's Christian journey then pick this one up.

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A brilliant idea for a book/memoir: taking God to couples counseling. Not for the religious faint of heart, as Isaacs really has it out with God, but that's precisely what I loved about it. She is honest about how she feels about him and how she perceives him. I came away with a more enlightened

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view of my own relationship with God, as well as a whole lot of wish-I'd-thought-of-that envy. Highly recommended!

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Much more a memoir than "angry conversations" but still well worth the read. Funny and sad and full of helpful insights. Highly recommended.