Quotes from William Paul Young, The Shack

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.

If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.

For any created being, autonomy is lunacy. Freedom involves trust and obedience inside a relationship of love.

Faith does not grow in a house of certainty.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting, Mack. It is about letting go of another person's throat.