I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I… — William P. Young Difficult Copy Share Image
Does that mean," asked Mack, "that all roads will lead to you?" "Not at all," smiled Jesus..."Most roads don't lead anywhere. What… — William P. Young Doe Copy Share Image
Jesus?" he whispered as his voice choked "I feel so lost" A hand reached out and squeezed his, and didn't let go.… — William P. Young Choked Copy Share Image
You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will… — William P. Young Corruption Copy Share Image
I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's… — William P. Young Bible Copy Share Image
I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are… — William P. Young Able Copy Share Image
We've created a theology in the West of a God who is fundamentally self-centered. The imagery of God as distant, unapproachable, unreachable… — William P. Young Bases Copy Share Image
I think that most creative fiction involves the transformational process, whether it is Dickens or Dostoyevsky and the writer in some sense… — William P. Young Creative Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and… — William P. Young Ability Copy Share Image
“Responsibilities and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as… — William P. Young Disappointment Copy Share Image
“Nobody knows what horrors I have saved the world from 'cuz people can't see what never happened. All evil flows from independence,… — William P. Young Cease to exist Copy Share Image
Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been,… — William P. Young Able Copy Share Image
“Evil is a word we use to describe the absence of Good, just as we use the word darkness to describe the… — William P. Young Darkness Copy Share Image
Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way… — William P. Young Ability Copy Share Image
In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen… — William P. Young Authority Copy Share Image
“There is something joyful about storms that interrupt routine. Snow or freezing rain suddenly releases you from expectations, performance demands, and the… — William P. Young Habits Copy Share Image
I think good creative writing opens up space for people to come into. Let God reach out and touch the human soul.… — William P. Young Be creative Copy Share Image
Religion and anger has gone together a lot, historically. My father, being very religious and angry, was trying to reconcile the ideas… — William P. Young Altruism Copy Share Image
