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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Winter Warmth
Posted on Sat, Feb 16 2013 in Blog | 19 CommentsThose of us who live in snow lands love to complain about the weather. We tell stories about spending the night in a church basement when the highway… read on
Notes from the Land of Kazakhs
Posted on Mon, Jan 21 2013 in Blog | 6 CommentsIn January I went to Kazakhstan. It’s a big country–ninth largest in the world and five times the size of Texas–yet virtually unknown until the 2006 spoof film… read on
How Sweet the Sound
Posted on Mon, Jan 7 2013 in Blog | 19 CommentsIn recent years audiences worldwide have watched a drama of forgiveness played out onstage in the musical version of Les Misérables. Now a major motion picture makes the… read on
Notes from Newtown
Posted on Mon, Dec 31 2012 in Blog | 16 CommentsJanet and I returned from Newtown, CT, Sunday night after a weekend that was at once poignant, meaningful, and very full. I hope to post a full report… read on
A Cloud over Christmas
Posted on Sat, Dec 22 2012 in Blog | 18 CommentsOn Friday Janet and I will be headed to Newtown, the town drenched with sorrow that the whole world is watching. Walnut Hill Community Church, a thriving congregation… read on
Givers and Getters
Posted on Thu, Dec 20 2012 in Blog | 6 CommentsFor a Christmas meditation this year, I turn to William Willimon, who served as dean of the chapel at Duke University, then spent eight years as a Methodist… read on
God Gets His Family Back
Posted on Sun, Nov 25 2012 in Blog | 15 CommentsJürgen Moltmann, who came to faith as a captured German soldier in a British POW camp, returned to his homeland where he went on to serve as a… read on
Don’t Cry For Me, Sarajevo
Posted on Fri, Nov 2 2012 in Blog, Travel | 16 CommentsOn a book tour last month, as we were driving along the highway from Croatia to Bosnia, traffic came to a sudden stop near the border. Car doors… read on
On Top of Our World
Posted on Wed, Sep 26 2012 in Blog | 15 CommentsAfter we moved from Chicago to Colorado a friend invited my wife and me to accompany him on a hike up a 14,000-foot (4,300-meter) mountain, one of 54… read on
Death on a Beach
Posted on Fri, Aug 3 2012 in Blog | 16 CommentsOn a visit to France last week I visited some of the sites of D-Day. More American soldiers died on the first day of that massive invasion than… 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.