William Young&#;s Troubled Past: The Story Behind &#;The Shack&#;
In part 2 of my extended interview with The Shack author William &#;Paul&#; Young, Paul shares the year personal battle that led to the book, including some details unpublished elsewhere:
- His childhood abuse, later addictions and betrayals.
- His drive to please people and God to find affection.
- The event on January 4, that turned his life upside down.
- Why religion never healed him.
This is a touching part of the conversation with plenty to help the wounded among us. The full transcript is available in Open House Volume 2.
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Q: Can you relate to Paul&#;s story? How did your own experience effect your spiritual life?
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William Paul Young is a Canadian author of Christian fiction.
Young was born in Alberta, Canada, but spent much of his early childhood in New Guinea (West Papua) with his missionary parents and three younger siblings. The family moved back to Canada while Young was in school, and he attended thirteen different schools before graduating. In recent years, Young has been open about the struggles he has dealt with as a TCK (Third Culture Kid) and survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Young attended bible college, and later received a BA in Religion from Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon. Young married Kim Warren and held a number of jobs in early adulthood including working for a church and owning businesses in insurance, construction, and more. The couple had six children, and Christianity played a large role in the family. Young wrote The Shack, his first novel, as a gift for his children.
Friends encouraged Young to get The Shack published, and after it was turned down by dozens of publishers, Young and three friends founded Windblown Media to publish the book. The book, published in , was incr
Wm. Paul Young &#; About
“I thought the way I grew up was ‘normal’ but I think most would probably agree that my history and journey have been a bit unusual.”
We live in a world where ‘normal’ does not truly exist except as a concept or wishful thought. For each of us, where and how we grew up plays a foundational role in our sense of ‘normal’, and only when we begin to experience the ‘bigness and diversity’ of the world are we tempted to evaluate our roots.
I thought the way I grew up was ‘normal’ but most would probably agree that my history and journey have been a bit unusual. The eldest of four, born May 11th, , in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, the majority of my first decade was lived with my missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a technologically stone age tribal people. These became my family and as the first white child and outsider who ever spoke their language, I was granted unusual access into their culture and community. Although at times a fierce warring people, steeped in the worship of spirits and even occasionally practicing ritualistic cannibalism, they also provided a deep sense of identity that rem
William Paul Young
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Wm. Paul Young is a Canadian author. Young was the oldest of four. He spend the majority of his first decade with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a tribal people. When he was six he was sent to a boarding school.
The manuscript, that later became The Shack, was intended only for his six kids and for a handful of close friends. After multiple rejections by publishers, Young and his friends published the book under the name of their newly created publishing company. The Shack was one of the top-selling fiction books of and will be a major motion picture in Spring
Young lives in Happy Valley, Oregon with his wife and has six children and several grandchildren. He is also Wm. Paul Young is a Canadian author. Young was the oldest of four. He spend the majority of his first decade with his missionary parents in the highlands of Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua), among the Dani, a tribal people. When he was six he was sent to a boarding school.
The manuscript, that later be
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