Ever wondered what God is like? Well if you think about it... He created man in His own image, so if you look at men and work backwards you'll get the picture. God is clearly self-obsessed and geeky. He wants to get laid, avoid hassle and be allowed to play with His toys. Granted God's toys are the ones He creates bits of the Universe with but you get the idea.
Of course things for Him needn't always be like this. Men can change - some of them - and so can God. And in this novel God recounts a recent period when He discovered that He was no longer satisfied with His life. The change took Him completely by surprise. He follows the incidents and thinking that enabled Him to understand what His discontent was all about. And where He should go from here, for Himself and for man and womankind.
Michael Z. Lewin is the award-winning author of numerous mystery novels and short stories. This is the first time, however, he's taken on the mystery of life, the universe and the rest of it. If you know his work, you'll recognize his light touch style but these are weighty issues.
More than anything else, this book is comment on modern man, looking down. In an earlier book, Rover's Tales, the perspective on modern man was from the ground up. In fact Rover makes a guest appearance in Confessions.
Here's what the legendary mystery writer, Peter Lovesey, says about CONFESSIONS of a DISCONTENTED DEITY:
"Confessions is a joy and I'm sure it will entertain and amuse everyone lucky enough to read it, bishops, priests and born-again Christians included. Rabbis, too. There's such good sense and wisdom at the heart of this wonderful romp through heaven and earth. The idea is inspired and the energy and ingenuity of each chapter explore the nature of, well, almost everything that matters. The brilliance is that while we are treated to such fun with a God learning to be streetwise, the story is rooted in good theology. I hope He will return."
Genre: General Fiction
Of course things for Him needn't always be like this. Men can change - some of them - and so can God. And in this novel God recounts a recent period when He discovered that He was no longer satisfied with His life. The change took Him completely by surprise. He follows the incidents and thinking that enabled Him to understand what His discontent was all about. And where He should go from here, for Himself and for man and womankind.
Michael Z. Lewin is the award-winning author of numerous mystery novels and short stories. This is the first time, however, he's taken on the mystery of life, the universe and the rest of it. If you know his work, you'll recognize his light touch style but these are weighty issues.
More than anything else, this book is comment on modern man, looking down. In an earlier book, Rover's Tales, the perspective on modern man was from the ground up. In fact Rover makes a guest appearance in Confessions.
Here's what the legendary mystery writer, Peter Lovesey, says about CONFESSIONS of a DISCONTENTED DEITY:
"Confessions is a joy and I'm sure it will entertain and amuse everyone lucky enough to read it, bishops, priests and born-again Christians included. Rabbis, too. There's such good sense and wisdom at the heart of this wonderful romp through heaven and earth. The idea is inspired and the energy and ingenuity of each chapter explore the nature of, well, almost everything that matters. The brilliance is that while we are treated to such fun with a God learning to be streetwise, the story is rooted in good theology. I hope He will return."
Genre: General Fiction
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