193 Quotes by William P. Young

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 flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person’s throat.

Today’s minor irritations may become tomorrow’s treasured memories. We often don’t know what we are missing, until it’s missing.

Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Anger is the right response to something that is so wrong. But don’t let the anger and pain and loss you feel prevent you from forgiving him and removing your hands from around his neck.

You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We’re designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.

Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly.

The arrival of the unforeseen reveals the depths of one’s heart.

I grew up fundamentalist, evangelical, Protestant. Those are my roots, and they are good roots. But it means the Pharisees are my people. I grew up with an image of God that was not helpful – largely the face of my father expanded.