Who is Philip Yancey?
For Yancey, reading offered a window to a different world. So, he devoured books that opened his mind, challenged his upbringing, and went against what he had been taught. A sense of betrayal engulfed him.
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A Dispenser of Grace
Posted on Tue, Mar 17 2015 in Blog | 15 CommentsIn Vanishing Grace I describe people I call grace-dispensers. You don’t have to be a professional, or educated, or especially skilled, to be a good grace-dispenser. A new… read on
Words Sacred and Profane
Posted on Thu, Feb 19 2015 in Blog | 12 CommentsMy latest book, Vanishing Grace, explores how Christians relate to the broader culture, which got me thinking about how words flow back and forth in a linguistic exchange… read on
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christian
Posted on Tue, Jan 6 2015 in Blog | 13 CommentsIn November I traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to film a portion of a video curriculum on Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis. It’s the first such curriculum… read on
The Universe and My Aquarium
Posted on Wed, Dec 17 2014 in Blog | 26 CommentsSome thirty years ago, when I lived in downtown Chicago, I wrote this reflection on my aquarium. It became a kind of parable with special significance in the… read on
The Church That Keeps On Giving
Posted on Wed, Dec 3 2014 in Blog | 5 CommentsI have fond memories of a church in Chicago that taught me grace. LaSalle Street Church sat halfway between the city’s richest neighborhood, the Gold Coast fronting Lake… read on
Escape of the Introvert
Posted on Tue, Nov 4 2014 in Blog | 38 CommentsI am writing in the middle of a book tour that takes me to seven cities in the U.S. The tour actually started the day after we returned… read on
Filling the Grace Gap
Posted on Thu, Oct 16 2014 in Blog | 27 CommentsIn a few days my new book will be published: Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News? I wrote it after reading surveys that document a… read on
One Another
Posted on Mon, Oct 6 2014 in Blog | 10 CommentsDiversity complicates life, and perhaps for this reason we tend to surround ourselves with people of similar age, economic class, and outlook. Church offers a place where infants… read on
Gourmet Meals With A Purpose
Posted on Thu, Sep 4 2014 in Blog | 5 CommentsJesus once asked his disciples, “For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves?” I have seen scores of creative ministries… read on
Darkness and Light in India
Posted on Sat, Aug 16 2014 in Blog | 21 CommentsThe cows, always the cows, hundreds of them, thousands of them. They stand in a pack blocking traffic, take naps in the middle of a busy highway, walk… read on
About Philip Yancey
For Yancey, reading offered a window to a different world. So, he devoured books that opened his mind, challenged his upbringing, and went against what he had been taught. A sense of betrayal engulfed him.