"Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl" Book Review

A beautiful blend of theology and classic humoristic wit, N.D. Wilson’s “Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl” is an amusing, yet highly accurate journal of thoughts about our world and the amazing God who designed and directed it. The God who not only wrote the screenplay, developed the perfect cast, and directed the feature presentation, but who also spoke it all into being with one word: "Action!"

In this book, N.D. Wilson uses sarcastic humor to show that the world we live in is not the way many have represented it (a world of chaos, chance and tragedy), but that it is, in fact, a novel of purpose driven, everything happens for a reason, delight. He takes ordinary events and pastimes of the average human’s life and turns them into theological tales of an incredible play, with lines and scenes for every living, dying and dead creature.

“Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl” is filled with memorable metaphors reminiscent of GK Chesterton, but with a modern twist and sarcasm that is all its own. Lines such as, “Death is that black stripe above my head on the measuring board. When I’ve reached it, well, then I can go on the gnarly rides” have made me smile and nod my head with approval. Such a simple statement, yet it is soaked with meaning. N.D. Wilson’s book reminds you that life and death are all characters in this great story. He reminds you that there is a plot, and you are very much a part of it. Life is an epic poem, and N.D. Wilson’s book is a record of a miniscule part of it. His part. But going with the ideas of “Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl,” even Wilson’s small part and small book of stories is a page in the novel that God has dictated into being.

N.D. Wilson has created a book that I would recommend to anyone interested in Christian theology and even in life itself.