The Shack

by William P. Young

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Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receves a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend.

Against his better judgement he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever.

In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

Endorsements

When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a novel on the order of The Shack. This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress did for his. It’s that good! - Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus Of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.

If God is all powerful and full of love, why doesn’t He do something about the pain and evil in our world?   This book answers that age old question with startling creativity and staggering clarity.  By far one of the best books I have ever read. - James Ryle, Author Hippo in the Garden

Wrapped in creative brilliance, The Shack is spiritually profound, theologically enlightening and life impacting. It has my highest recommendation.  We are joyfully giving copies away by the case. - Steve Berger, Pastor , Grace Chapel

Riveting, with twists that defy your expectations while teaching powerful theological lessons without patronizing. I was crying by page 100. You cannot read it without your heart becoming involved. - Gayle E. Erwin, Author The Jesus Style

The Shack is a one of a kind invitation to journey to the very heart of God. Through my tears and cheers,  I have been indeed transformed by the tender mercy with which William Paul Young opened the veil that too often separated me from God and from myself. With every page, the complicated do’s and don’t that distort a relationship into a religion were washed away as I understood Father, Son, and Holy Ghost for the first time in my life. - Patrick M. Roddy, Emmy Award Winning Producer of ABC News

This book eloquently captures the shift from being highly responsible people in a religious system, to walking in intimacy as we respond to the fragrance of Christ in daily life. - Arthur Burk, Sapphire Leadership Group, Inc.

About the Author William P. Young

We live in a world where ‘normal’ does not truly exist except as an idea or concept.  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 I think most would probably agree that my history and journey have been a bit  unusual. 

I was the eldest of four, born May 11th, 1955, in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, but 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 and as the first white child and outsider who ever spoke their language, I was granted unusual access into their culture and community.  Although at times a fierce warring people, steeped in the worship of spirits and even occasionally practicing ritualistic cannibalism, they also provided a deep sense of identity that remains an indelible element of my character and person.  By the time I was flown away to boarding school at age 6, I was in most respects a white Dani.   

In the middle of a school year, my family unexpectedly returned to the West.  My father worked as a Pastor for a number of small churches in Western Canada and by the time I graduated, I had already attended thirteen different schools.  I paid my way through Bible College working as a radio disc jockey, lifeguard and even a stint in the oil fields of northern Alberta.  I spent one summer in the Philippines and another touring with a drama troupe before working in Washington D.C. at Fellowship House, an international guest house.  Completing my undergraduate degree in Religion, I graduated summa cum laude from Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon.  The following year, I met and married Kim Warren and for a time worked on staff at a large suburban church while attending seminary. 

I have owned businesses and worked for others in diverse industries, from insurance to construction, venture capital companies to telecom, contract work to food processing; whatever was needed to help feed and house my growing family.  I have always been a writer, whether songs, poetry, short stories or newsletters; never for public consumption but for friends and family.  While I have extensively written for business, creating web content, business plans, white papers etc., The Shack was a story written for my six children, with no thought or intention to publish.  It is as much a surprise to me as to anyone else that I am now an ‘author’. 

The Shack - by William P. Young - Audio Book CD