“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 want to tell you about the God that actually showed up and healed my heart. Not the God I grew up, because the God I grew up was fundamentally, and I use the word advisedly, fundamentally untrustworthy -- schizophrenic, narcissistic, unreachable, unknowable, and my concept within which I grew up was that Jesus -- He likes me -- but He came to save me from God the Father -- who was the one who was angry and distant, and unreachable, unknowable. All of that had to come crashing down.” WantHeartUseFatherJesusGrewMy HeartGrew UpConceptsAngryLikesHealedNarcissisticSave MeSchizophrenicUntrustworthyUnreachableCrashing Down Author:William P. Young
“I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.” WantKidsFatherWhiteGrowing UpGrowingVery GoodPlatoGod ImageKids Growing UpGood FatherPlato S 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
“It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to. That means we have to categorize that person. We can call them emergent or neo orthodox or someone who feminizes scripture. There's the category, let's stick them in the category then just blow up the box and him along with it.” WantFirstsMeanPersonsSeemsChristianReligiousSticksBlowBoxesScriptureCirclesOrthodoxCategories Author:William P. Young
“You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed.” IfsWantEmbraceSeedsSoil Author:William P. Young
“Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.” ThinkingWantUseStrongAuthorityExcuseConformShack Author:William P. Young
“I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to give me the biggest piece, that is not what I want. I want all of you and all of every part of you and your day.” IfsWantGivingAblePiecesGive MeShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“Why would the God of the universe want to be submitted to me?' Because we want you to join us in our circle of relationship. I don't want slaves to my will; I want brothers and sisters who will share life with me.” WantUniverseShareBrotherSlaveCirclesBrothers And Sisters 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
“When you chose independence over relationship, you became a danger to one another. Others became objects to be manipulated or managed for your own happiness. Authority as you usually think of it, is merely the excues the strone ones use to make others conform to what they want.” ThinkingWantUseDangerObjectsAuthorityIndependenceConformRelationship Over Author:William P. Young
“Even though you can't finally grasp me, guess what? I still want to be known.” WantStillsKnown Author:William P. Young
“Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. Do you think this man cares about the pain and torment you have gone through? If anything, he feeds on that knowledge. Don't you want to cut that off? And in doing so, you'll release him from a burden that he carries whether he knows it or not--acknowledges it or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantFirstsCarePainJoyAbilityGoneCuttingAliveBurdenReleaseAcknowledgeCarrieTormentAbility To Love Author:William P. Young
“Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly. Not something I want for you. Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.” IfsWayWantFirstsLongHandsAblePainLeftAbilityForgetBirdWingsLimitationGroundedUnlovedShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
