Thanks for saving my faith..

Hi Brian! I wanted to thank you for saving my faith! I became a Christian at the age of 14, drawn by the mystery of the love of God, but soon after I became a believer it seemed that my faith and my God became ugly and mean, repressive and spiritually abusive even. I felt I had been tricked by a bait and switch! I was in spiritual limbo for 20 years, not able to embrace my ugly faith, but not able to let go of the hope of the beautiful and loving God that I had glimpsed before becoming a Christian. Your book, ANKOC, was so liberating and hope-filling that it changed my life, my faith, and my vision of God. I know your work has rattled the cages of some comfortable evangelicals, but for someone like me, your books enabled me to have a new relationship with God, perhaps for the first time, when I was on the brink of chucking my faith. I ordered your new book TLWATWAT, read it in 3 days, gave it to a friend and ordered 2 more copies. Your ideas on hell help me to breathe easier. I've been in denial over the hell issue because I've never been able to believe in it anyway, so now I can think about it more clearly, without having to come to the conclusion that my God is mean and cruel!