![]() He used the book to exorcise his pain over being repeatedly sexually abused as a young boy by tribe members in New Guinea. ![]() Paul initially printed just 15 copies of the novel for his family. The shack in the woods is a metaphor for the house people build inside themselves to store secrets, addiction, and shame. Some of us had good help building the house of the soul. It is the human heart, the uniquely crafted soul that can so easily be torn from its moorings and left to flounder in the waves of a storm-tossed world. The shack itself represents the house on the inside that people help you build. “You can read The Shack as a story, but my intent was always more than that a parable laden with metaphor. How can a good God allow the kinds of horrific evil that humans and other creatures experience? Why doesn’t He do something to stop it? Why does God seem so unconcerned about suffering and injustice? Especially when that suffering occurs in the lives of the innocent and vulnerable. ![]() After what he endured, controversy is the least of his pain.Īt the heart of the book is the most difficult of all theological complexities: the goodness of God and the problem of evil. Controversy is not something people like Paul would shy away from. ![]() The Shack clearly connected with a wide audience and stirred up controversy. The book was turned into a successful film featuring Octavia Spencer and Sam Worthington. Paul Young came to an important personal revelation: there’s nothing to lose by living a life of faith and trust. ![]()
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