Comments on: Interview: William “Paul” Young, Author of The Shack http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/ Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Spirit in You! Thu, 10 May 2012 15:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kimberly murray http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-19656 kimberly murray Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:11:53 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-19656 oh my God,Mr.Young you've done an outstanding job bringing the lost back to our Father in heaven.when i read your book i said to myself this man's writing is anointed by God. keep up the good work the broken spirits in this world. needs the guidance of God and your book took it to another level. thank you . God bless oh my God,Mr.Young you’ve done an outstanding job bringing the lost back to our Father in heaven.when i read your book i said to myself this man’s writing is anointed by God. keep up the good work the broken spirits in this world. needs the guidance of God and your book took it to another level. thank you . God bless

]]> By: Les Collinson http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-17755 Les Collinson Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:37:13 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-17755 I am now on my third (or is it fourth) read of The Shack. I lost my dear wife two and a half years back and this book spoke to my pain and yearnings. I guess if I was Mac but in my circumstances, I might just have walked out through the waterfall... Bless the author for such a helpful description of the Trinity. Heresy? No way! Many of my friends here in Lancashire have read the book and not one had disliked it in any way. I am sad that William P Young has not found a spiritual home, though I think I can follow his reasoning. Our church is a haven of love (but I would say that as Iam the vicar!) and I know how blessed we are. I wonder if a film might be made of The Shack? But it would really have to avoid changing the story and would require a truthful and honest script. I do think that as many folks as possible should read this book. Les Collinson (Rev'd) St Barnabas, Darwen I am now on my third (or is it fourth) read of The Shack. I lost my dear wife two and a half years back and this book spoke to my pain and yearnings. I guess if I was Mac but in my circumstances, I might just have walked out through the waterfall…

Bless the author for such a helpful description of the Trinity. Heresy? No way! Many of my friends here in Lancashire have read the book and not one had disliked it in any way. I am sad that William P Young has not found a spiritual home, though I think I can follow his reasoning. Our church is a haven of love (but I would say that as Iam the vicar!) and I know how blessed we are.

I wonder if a film might be made of The Shack? But it would really have to avoid changing the story and would require a truthful and honest script. I do think that as many folks as possible should read this book.

Les Collinson (Rev’d)
St Barnabas, Darwen

]]> By: Lisa http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-16924 Lisa Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:21:00 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-16924 Thank you for sharing The Shack with me. I am a born again believer. My youngest happened to give me this book claiming that it had been required reading for one of her college classes and she just never had the desire to read it (go figure). I looked at it and asked around and all I heard was HERESY!!!! Well, I have a spirit filled bible teacher and she let me know in no uncertain terms that it was the critics that were heretics-not this authors writings, This book has changed my life! I suppose a person could say that i was blessed to be raised with watered down religion- I didn't have any hoops to run thru while I read this- just absence of imagination-and you took care of that quick! Like someone said before me- it's become almost a devotional of sorts- I pick it up almost everyday and reread a sentence or paragraph that touched my heart. If only we could remember that Christianity is NOT a religion but a relationship-the yokes would fall to the ground and then we could look up and actually see the LIFTER OF OUR HEADS and He would glorified Thank you for sharing The Shack with me. I am a born again believer. My youngest happened to give me this book claiming that it had been required reading for one of her college classes and she just never had the desire to read it (go figure). I looked at it and asked around and all I heard was HERESY!!!! Well, I have a spirit filled bible teacher and she let me know in no uncertain terms that it was the critics that were heretics-not this authors writings, This book has changed my life! I suppose a person could say that i was blessed to be raised with watered down religion- I didn’t have any hoops to run thru while I read this- just absence of imagination-and you took care of that quick! Like someone said before me- it’s become almost a devotional of sorts- I pick it up almost everyday and reread a sentence or paragraph that touched my heart. If only we could remember that Christianity is NOT a religion but a relationship-the yokes would fall to the ground and then we could look up and actually see the LIFTER OF OUR HEADS and He would glorified

]]> By: Jeanette Tidwell http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-15970 Jeanette Tidwell Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:52:21 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-15970 I bought the book at Publix because I needed something to read. I think God picked it out for me. I had never heard of it. I could not put it down. I read it through the night. I cried, I laughed, and I felt re-born when I finished it. I had been harboring so much hurt toward my ex-husband and daughter because of a terrible way they had hurt me and I would not forgive them. I prayed for them when I finished the book and I feel like I have started a new phase in my life and it is perfect. I love the way Mr. Young protrays God. I now call him Papa too. Thank you so much for this book. I think it will change me forever in a very positive way. I bought the book at Publix because I needed something to read. I think God picked it out for me. I had never heard of it. I could not put it down. I read it through the night. I cried, I laughed, and I felt re-born when I finished it. I had been harboring so much hurt toward my ex-husband and daughter because of a terrible way they had hurt me and I would not forgive them. I prayed for them when I finished the book and I feel like I have started a new phase in my life and it is perfect. I love the way Mr. Young protrays God. I now call him Papa too. Thank you so much for this book. I think it will change me forever in a very positive way.

]]> By: Anita Pillai http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-14009 Anita Pillai Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:21:57 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-14009 I am now reading THE SHACK for the third time. Each time I have been taught something new. The TRINITY is awesome. GOD is sitting on HIS throne and as Christians we can boldly approach HIS throne. JESUS who gave HIS life willingly to save us from our sins is something awesome too. And the HOLY SPIRIT is our conscience and dwells within us. After reading this book I was able to understand the TRINITY even more and on a more personal level. Thank you William Paul Young for this masterpiece. I too have bought multiple copies to distribute to people I thought could use a touch from our merciful LORD and SAVIOR. In Christian love. Anita I am now reading THE SHACK for the third time. Each time I have been taught something new.
The TRINITY is awesome. GOD is sitting on HIS throne and as Christians we can boldly approach HIS throne. JESUS who gave HIS life willingly to save us from our sins is something awesome too.
And the HOLY SPIRIT is our conscience and dwells within us. After reading this book I was able to understand the TRINITY even more and on a more personal level. Thank you William Paul Young for this masterpiece. I too have bought multiple copies to distribute to people I thought could use a touch from our merciful LORD and SAVIOR. In Christian love.

Anita

]]> By: Yvon http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-6249 Yvon Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:26:07 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-6249 I want to thank you for your interview with Paul Young. I'm reading "The Shack" and am halfway through it. A very interesting read! I'm an Inter-faith pastoral counselor in Seoul and am grateful for a book of faith that is grounded in the pain and honesty of human life. Thanks Paul for being open and vulnerable. Bless you! Yvon I want to thank you for your interview with Paul Young. I’m reading “The Shack” and am halfway through it. A very interesting read! I’m an Inter-faith pastoral counselor in Seoul and am grateful for a book of faith that is grounded in the pain and honesty of human life. Thanks Paul for being open and vulnerable. Bless you!

Yvon

]]> By: monty gordon http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-5956 monty gordon Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:00:32 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-5956 i saw u on faith life now ! i have listened to gary's financial revolution tapes 10 times and have implemented what i have faith for. yet still i have questions, i am trapped in slavery to this worlds system, my calling is probably ministry related and i don't know how to get from here to there ! my dad died when i was in the 8th grade so i learned how to do everything imaginable. now i am 50 yrs old,been in a serious relationship with God for 20 years and yet last nite i asked God how do i have intimacy with you? please email me in private if u would. oh and by the way i just received my copy of the shack that i ordered May God bless all of u i saw u on faith life now ! i have listened to gary’s financial revolution tapes 10 times and have implemented what i have faith for. yet still i have questions, i am trapped in slavery to this worlds system, my calling is probably ministry related and i don’t know how to get from here to there ! my dad died when i was in the 8th grade so i learned how to do everything imaginable. now i am 50 yrs old,been in a serious relationship with God for 20 years and yet last nite i asked God how do i have intimacy with you? please email me in private if u would. oh and by the way i just received my copy of the shack that i ordered May God bless all of u

]]> By: David G. Johnson http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-5857 David G. Johnson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:52:41 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-5857 Just want to drop a quick "thank you" to Bonnie, Susan & Carolyn for sharing here. It is long overdue. I truly appreciate you taking the time to let us know how The Shack has impacted you. I'm grateful to have heard from you and to have had the opportunity to share this interview with you. Blessings! David G. Johnson Just want to drop a quick “thank you” to Bonnie, Susan & Carolyn for sharing here. It is long overdue. I truly appreciate you taking the time to let us know how The Shack has impacted you. I’m grateful to have heard from you and to have had the opportunity to share this interview with you.

Blessings!

David G. Johnson

]]> By: Carolyn Wyman http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-3803 Carolyn Wyman Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:13:52 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-3803 I downloaded this for my husband yesterday, and we listened today. He cried through much of it. He read The Shack in January, and pretty much uses it as a daily devotional now. I was blown away that it took me 12 years to go through my own shack, and how much our spiritual journeys are similar, althought the circumstances were different. That, of course, is a familiar thing to you. We left the IC in 1989 and held church in our home with three other families for 11 years. We tried going back in for a time, but it just was never going to work. I simply haven't been able to live a performance-based Christianity since 1985, and for all that I tried to spread the word that it is relationship and not religion (something we Jesus People understaood in 1972 but had it hammered out of us in the IC and Bible college. Ugh.), I'm so very grateful to have a book to give people who really yearn for so much more than we were told we could have. Thank you for being who you are in Christ and letting others know that they have His permission to be so. I downloaded this for my husband yesterday, and we listened today. He cried through much of it. He read The Shack in January, and pretty much uses it as a daily devotional now. I was blown away that it took me 12 years to go through my own shack, and how much our spiritual journeys are similar, althought the circumstances were different. That, of course, is a familiar thing to you.

We left the IC in 1989 and held church in our home with three other families for 11 years. We tried going back in for a time, but it just was never going to work. I simply haven’t been able to live a performance-based Christianity since 1985, and for all that I tried to spread the word that it is relationship and not religion (something we Jesus People understaood in 1972 but had it hammered out of us in the IC and Bible college. Ugh.), I’m so very grateful to have a book to give people who really yearn for so much more than we were told we could have. Thank you for being who you are in Christ and letting others know that they have His permission to be so.

]]> By: Susie Hanson http://nourishthedream.com/2008/12/29/interview-william-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 Susie Hanson Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:09:01 +0000 http://nourishthedream.com/?p=82#comment-3800 I am only half way or a little more through this fantastic book, and I felt compelled to write on this wall regarding this story. I had heard quite a bit about this book before I managed to get hold of it, (every where I tried was sold out) and wasn't really sure what it was about to be honest, so it was intrigue more than anything else that made me buy it. I truly can see why people are saying it has changed their lives changed the way they think etc....today I watched three interviews on You Tube. I was directed to them, as I was looking up the author on Google. Two of them were preachers of some kind dissing this book, telling their followers that this book is bad, telling them not to buy it under any circumstances. Then I watched an interview with the author, and against any will and of my own vollition I began to cry. No apparant reason at all. I felt curious and wondered to myself if those preachers with all of their following, aren't just a little bit afraid that some of those good people of theirs may start to form their own opinions about who they think God is. I mean....who says that God can't appear to someone as a fat American black lady, or that The Holy Spirit cannot be a small Asian lady and that Jesus could not be a Jewish handyman. They teach us that we should never just walk past and ignore a tramp for instance, because it could well be the Lord, or the bible says that we should never turn away strangers from our door, because they could have entertained angels unbeknown, so what are we to believe? I think that if we believe in love then we are on the right track, if we try and lead our lives in a good and kind way, with thought for our neighbours, family, strangers....then we are on the right track. After all, what harm can it do to question ourselves or what God wants from us, whoever he/she is dressed up like. William Paul Young has caused a storm because he has, for the first time in a long time, got people thinking for themselves, asking the deep and unfathomable questions that lay in the deepest part of us, who is God? Does God exist? Yes. I think he does, I think he may be that fat black woman that likes to cook!!!! I am only half way or a little more through this fantastic book, and I felt compelled to write on this wall regarding this story. I had heard quite a bit about this book before I managed to get hold of it, (every where I tried was sold out) and wasn’t really sure what it was about to be honest, so it was intrigue more than anything else that made me buy it. I truly can see why people are saying it has changed their lives changed the way they think etc….today I watched three interviews on You Tube. I was directed to them, as I was looking up the author on Google. Two of them were preachers of some kind dissing this book, telling their followers that this book is bad, telling them not to buy it under any circumstances. Then I watched an interview with the author, and against any will and of my own vollition I began to cry. No apparant reason at all. I felt curious and wondered to myself if those preachers with all of their following, aren’t just a little bit afraid that some of those good people of theirs may start to form their own opinions about who they think God is.
I mean….who says that God can’t appear to someone as a fat American black lady, or that The Holy Spirit cannot be a small Asian lady and that Jesus could not be a Jewish handyman. They teach us that we should never just walk past and ignore a tramp for instance, because it could well be the Lord, or the bible says that we should never turn away strangers from our door, because they could have entertained angels unbeknown, so what are we to believe? I think that if we believe in love then we are on the right track, if we try and lead our lives in a good and kind way, with thought for our neighbours, family, strangers….then we are on the right track. After all, what harm can it do to question ourselves or what God wants from us, whoever he/she is dressed up like. William Paul Young has caused a storm because he has, for the first time in a long time, got people thinking for themselves, asking the deep and unfathomable questions that lay in the deepest part of us, who is God? Does God exist? Yes. I think he does, I think he may be that fat black woman that likes to cook!!!!

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