W. Paul Young
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 2008 and will be a major motion picture in Spring 2017.
Young lives in Happy Valley, Oregon with his wife and has six children and several grandchildren. He is also the author of Crossroads, Eve and the non-fiction book, Lies We Believe About God.
“Mack likes to say that they all got their good looks from him, "...cuz Nan still has hers.”
“There is something joyful about storms that interrupt routine... One can almost hear a unified sigh rise from the nearby city and surrounding countryside where Nature has intervened to give respite to the weary humans slogging it out within her purview. All those affected this way are united by a mutual excuse, and the heart is suddenly and unexpectedly a little giddy.”
“Život bez ljubavi je kao da ptici podrežeš krila i ne dopustiš joj mogućnost da leti. Bol nam zna potkresati krila i prizemljiti nas, a ako takvo stanje ostane nerješeno dulje vrijeme, možeš i zaboraviti kako si stvoren da bi letio.''...''Pticu ne definira to što je na zemlji, nego njezina sposobnost da leti. Upamti, ljude ne definiraju njihova ograničenja, nego mogućnosti koje sam u njih ugradio. Nisu obilježeni onim kakvim se čine, nego svime što nosi to da su stvoreni na moju sliku.''Bog”
“Remember, that choosing to stay on the ground is a choice to facilitate a relationship, to honor it. You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choose to limit yourself so as to facilitate and honor that relationship... It is not about winning and losing, but about love and respect.”