Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. — William P. Young Fruit Copy Share Image
“oh my soul...be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions” — William P. Young Copy Share Image
You have to take the time to prepare the soil if you want to embrace the seed. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get far away from [picturing God as] Gandalf or Santa Claus. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
It is impossible for you to take power over the future because it isn't even real... — William P. Young Future Copy Share Image
“oh child", spoke papa tenderly."Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears.They can be healing waters and a stream of joy.Sometimes they… — William P. Young Children Copy Share Image
My dad was a preacher. My relationship, for example, with my father -- very difficult, and very painful, and it took me… — William P. Young Dad Copy Share Image
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I don't need to punish people for sin. Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and… — William P. Young Authority Copy Share Image
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. — William P. Young Affection Copy Share Image
The intricacy and the inherent beautiful fragility of the human soul is such that it is uniquely damaged and only God knows… — William P. Young Beautiful Copy Share Image
And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you. — William P. Young Demand Copy Share Image
“Mack, don't you see how filling roles is the opposite of relationship? We want male and female to be counterparts, face-to-face equals,… — William P. Young Gender 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
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 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 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 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 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
It's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways… — William P. Young Ability Copy Share Image
When we three spoke ourselves into human existences the Son of God, we became fully human. We also chose to embrace all… — William P. Young Bird Copy Share Image
“From the first day we hid the woman within the man, so that at the right time we could remove her from… — William P. Young Live alone 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
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
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 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
Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself. — William P. Young Challenges Copy Share Image
Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable… — William P. Young Ability Copy Share Image
“Since there were three of them, maybe this was a Trinity sort of thing. But two women and a man and none… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our… — William P. Young Feminism Copy Share Image
You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community… — William P. Young Community Copy Share Image
“(Jesus speaking) "An awful lot of what is done in my name has nothing to do with me and is often, even… — William P. Young Religion Copy Share Image
Much as I venerate the name of Newton, I am not obliged to believe that he was infallible. I see ... with… — William P. Young Authority 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 Copy Share Image
It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
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