Wm. Paul Young: The Shack and the Work of Redemption

The Redemption Project Podcast · Nov 10, 2026 · 46m

Before The Shack reached strangers, Wm. Paul Young had to face the damage he had caused among the people who knew him best.

In our conversation, he describes a crisis at 38, when his wife, Kim, discovered his affair. He does not present that moment as an instant transformation. He says the work of rebuilding their marriage took 11 years. The book that would change his life came afterward, written as a Christmas gift for his children.

That order matters. The success of a book is not the same thing as the repair of a life.

Paul joined me on The Redemption Project to talk about that repair, the…