Welcome to another episode of Design Your Exceptional Life podcast with Alvin Brown here he interviews Paul Young, author of The Shack, Cross Roads, Eve & Lies We Believe About God. Young originally wrote primarily as a way to create unique gifts for his friends, until his wife repeatedly urged him to write something for their six children in order to put down in one place his perspectives on God and on the inner healing Young had experienced as an adult. The resulting manuscript, which later became The Shack, was intended only for his six kids and for a handful of close friends.

The Beginning (03:15)

- Jesus is God, but then there's really God, the father who is the one you really have to deal with

- My dad met my mom into Bible school and get married. 

- As a firstborn missionary kid preacher's kid, I guess I'm going to be cleaning toilets and shipping out soldering tips, the rest of my life.

- We need to find someplace to plant our feet

What can we inspire the people around us? (19:36)

- If you can do the magic words and say the center's prayer, Jesus will cover you up with his righteousness so he can get you into heaven, but you're still a piece of crap. What happens next?

-  You know, if you have a daughter who begins to see in the mirror, I'm not enough, right. Or I'm damaged goods, or I'll never be enough. What will you do?

-If Jesus is supposed to take the punishment, why isn't he an eternal conscious torment? Right? It's a problem.

- Do no harm, which is the Hippocratic oath. And two to completely restore you back to fullness of life. That's the judge, right?