Alternatively, he says, letting go of expectation means that we may receive all gifts from the other as true, unexpected gift. Or, like the expectations we place upon others, such that any good thing that comes from them that falls short of those expectations gets construed as a shortcoming. Like what Paul calls 'future tripping', letting fear imagine the future, and then going on a trip there in our head instead of living in the present. The conversation exhibits something I learned early in my academic training in moral theology - namely, that bad theology messes up people's lives.Īnd yet it also exhibits the way in which good theology can become a genuine source of healing, a true resource of living well, which leads me to a second reason I suspect I'll want to listen to this interview numerous times - because of the highly practical things I learned. Honest about the way in which his being caught by his wife in an affair began his own long, painful process of facing his own childhood, his own being abused, and the shackles of a destructive theology. Consequently, our conversation yields an interview I expect I'll want to listen to numerous times. Paul Young, the author again, does not hide the fact that the book is autobiographical in at least a sense. He decides to go back, and there he has an altogether unexpected mystical encounter with Divine Love. Years later, the father of the child receives a suspicious letter in the mail, inviting him back to the scene of the crime. The premise of the book is a horrifying one - the abduction and murder of a child killed in an old decrepit shack. Our guest today is William Paul Young, author of The New York Times bestselling book, The Shack, which has sold 25 million copies and has been turned into a major motion picture. This is No Small Endeavor - exploring what it means to live a good life. Everything that matters is in the moment, and I think that's what eternal life is. You don't get grace today for things that don't exist. Paul Young: All the real things are in the present tense.
It's loosely based on Paul's own journey of recovery from his own childhood trauma and abuse, his troubled relationship with his father, and his quest for healing, Lee Camp: That's William Paul Young, author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Shack, a book which he originally wrote for his kids, and has now sold over 25 million copies. Paul Young: Until we learn how to stay present, we're always absent to that which is around us. Camp and this is No Small Endeavor - exploring what it means to live a good life.
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