Holy Heretics

Paul Young joins us to chat about his life experience and gives us some insight for what inspired the writing of "The Shack" and his other great books. http://wmpaulyoung.com/ “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, 1955, 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 a