“I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingNamesChristianityDisciplinePleaseAngryTiredIslamDamageDividesGoing To Work Author:William P. Young
“I think my books give people a language to have a conversation about God that's not religious. There isn't enough new literature that brings the conversation of God into a modern context. I love the Bible, but in the West we've analyzed it until it fits into a structure of control. We need more new stories. We need different ways of looking at things, and I think it's coming.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsGivingBookDifferentEnoughStoriesLiteratureLanguageReligiousModernFitConversationStructureWestDifferent Ways Author:William P. Young
“I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful -- largely the face of my father expanded.” PeopleMeanFacesFatherGrewGrew UpRootsHelpfulProtestantsEvangelicalFundamentalistGod ImagePharisees Author:William P. Young
“I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul. That's not my job. I get to be present and create as much space as I can ... That frees me up just to be creative in the way I want to be.” PeopleThinkingWayWantWritingHumansI CanSoulJobsSpaceCreativeLetting GoReach OutBe CreativeCreative WritingHuman Soul Author:William P. Young
“I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.” PeopleNeedsJoyPurposeSinPunishmentCuresDevouringShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you.” PeopleLovePersonsTwoUniqueDrawsUniquenessShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“religion is about having the right answers, and some of their answers are right... but i am about the process that takes you to the living answer... it will change you from the inside. there are a lot of smart people who are able to say a lot of right things from their brain because they have been told what the right answers are, but they don't know me at all.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensAbleProcessAnswersBrainSmartRight ThingKnow MeSmart PeopleRight AnswersShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.” PeopleWantLittlesJobsGrowsRelationshipShareConvinceAgendasTrust MeShackSame LoveShack Book Author:William P. Young
“Forgiveness does not create a relationship. Unless people speak the truth about what they have done and change their mind and behavior, a relationship of trust is not possible. When you forgive someone you certainly release them from judgment, but without true change, no real relationship can be established.” PeopleMindDoeRealDoneSpeakBehaviorJudgmentForgivingReleaseSpeak The TruthReal RelationshipShack Book Author:William P. Young
“I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.” PeopleSituationRaisedCannibal Author:William P. Young
