Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue

These dialogues with God address questions about life and the universe. Neale Donald Walsch is the founder of ReCreation, a nonprofit foundation for personal growth and spiritual understanding. He lives in Oregon. Edward Asner and Ellen Burstyn are well-known actors.

During a bleak period of his life, Walsch sat down to write some questions for God. Surprisingly, God answered by guiding Walsch to write His responses. In the audio production of his bestseller, Walsch reads these questions, and actors Edward Asner and Ellen Burstyn answer as the voice of God. WalschÕs voice, coupled with AsnerÕs masculine, commanding performance, makes the dialogue come off sounding hokey and contrived. Casting such a stereotypical sounding actor as God seems to undermine WalschÕs assertion that God isnÕt patriarchal or human. BurstynÕs performance meshes better with the bookÕs message, but only previous converts will wholeheartedly believe what Walsch and ÒGodÓ have to say. This is unfortunate since WalschÕs message of unconditional love and tolerance is refreshing. J.T. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine