The Triumph of Firestar
Mario and I finished reading The Darkest Hour, the last book in the six-book Warriors series. What a great ending to a great series. I've enjoyed these books because of the great adventures the characters have. But I was struck by the spirituality in the ending of this last book. Firestar, the leader of his group of forest cats called Thunderclan, cannot understand why his ancestor Gods have allowed his clan to get into such terrible trouble. He has a dream in which he talks to his former clan leader, who is now one of the ancestor Gods, seeking an explanation for the bad times the clan is in. Bluestar answers that the Starclan Gods cannot control what happens; they can only watch and try to help out here and there. "We watch, but we do not interfere. If we did, would you be truly free? ... You are not the playthings of Starclan."
The discussion goes on and is one of the best allegorical descriptions of God I've ever read.