William Paul Young Author of the book The Shack on The Calling "To All the Dreamers" with Dr. Chrysandra Brunson

Welcome back to For All the Dreamers, the radio show born from The Calling, where faith meets purpose and where honest conversations invite healing, hope, and transformation. I’m your host, Dr. Chrysandra Brunson, and today’s episode is one for every dreamer who has ever carried unseen wounds, wrestled with trauma, or longed to become unstuck on their journey toward wholeness.

Today, we are honored to welcome William Paul Young, the beloved Canadian author of the groundbreaking novel The Shack. First published in 2007, The Shack became a global phenomenon—self-published at first, then rising to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, selling over ten million copies, and touching hearts across the world with its raw honesty and redemptive message.

In this powerful conversation, William Paul Young invites us deeper into the heart of The Shack—a place he describes as Mackenzie’s soul, a sacred space where God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit dwell. It is not a place of denial, but of truth. A place where trauma does not disappear, but is acknowledged, held, and redeemed. Just as Jesus bears scars on His wrists and side, we too carry the marks of our life experiences—proof that what happened mattered, and that healing does not erase our story but transforms it.

William shares how trauma does not simply go away, yet through union with God, those scars become part of a redemptive journey. We explore how forgiveness is the pathway to becoming unstuck—not for the sake of the one who caused harm, but for the healing of the one who was wounded. In this way, forgiveness becomes freedom.

Drawing from his own extraordinary life story—growing up as the son of missionary parents among the Dani people in the highlands of West Papua—William reflects on identity, suffering, grace, and what it truly means to be the aroma of Christ to God.

This episode is a sacred invitation for dreamers who are navigating pain, faith, and purpose—to step into healing, to embrace forgiveness, and to discover that even our scars can lead us closer to God.

Stay with us. This is For All the Dreamers—and this conversation may just change the way you see your story.

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