It’s exciting, fun, sometimes scary, and even nauseating at times. That’s life as seen through the view of a tilt-a-whirl. And unfortunately, that’s how I felt when I finished reading N.D. Wilson’s Notes from a Tilt-a-Whirl. The book review describes it as “a visual, poetic exploration of the narrative nature of the world and the personality of the Poet behind it all.” For me, it felt like an attempt to produce a “stream of consciousness” book similar to Don Miller, Rob Bell, et al.
Certainly the book challenges the way we see faith and God. It has nuggets of wisdom throughout. The main challenge lies in getting through the rest. The consciousness stream conceals those nuggets and makes it frustratingly random. I know its there; it’s just hard to find. In the end, its a first attempt from a writer who has plenty of room to grow.
