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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Traveling Blind
Posted on Tue, Jul 10 2012 in Blog | 4 CommentsThe publisher of my books in Poland put me in touch with Hanna Pasterny, a young Polish Christian woman blind from birth, who is researching how to help… read on
Undercover Evangelical
Posted on Thu, May 31 2012 in Blog | 25 CommentsGina Welch is a smart, young, citified Jewish writer who grew up in Berkeley, California, and graduated from Yale. In a desire to know more about evangelicals, whom… read on
Under the Scope and Scalpel
Posted on Sat, May 12 2012 in Blog | 19 CommentsLast week I had arthroscopic surgery on my left knee to repair two tears in the meniscus, a pad of cartilage-like material that separates the upper leg bones… read on
Sometimes You Can Go Home Again
Posted on Mon, Apr 9 2012 in Blog | 24 CommentsI’ve been reading memoirs lately, and I finally got around to Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, which had a most unexpected run atop the New York Times best-sellers… read on
After Shocks
Posted on Mon, Mar 19 2012 in Blog | 8 CommentsAn advancing hurricane you can prepare for, by nailing plywood over windows, fastening shutters or, if necessary, evacuating. A tornado may strike with little warning, though the darkened… read on
Following a Trail of Tears
Posted on Thu, Feb 23 2012 in Blog | 10 CommentsIn a globalized world “no country is an island,” to paraphrase John Donne. A colorful map produced by the U.S. government agency NOAA shows that energy waves from… read on
Election-Year Musings: Part Two
Posted on Mon, Feb 6 2012 in Blog | 16 CommentsPhone calls, advertisements, and visits from candidates have heated up in my state, Colorado, and I’m sure we’ll get a steady barrage from now until November. Here are… read on
Election-Year Musings: Part One
Posted on Sat, Jan 28 2012 in Blog | 19 CommentsI’m so sick of hearing about this year’s election that I decided to write some of my own thoughts on the subject. I’ve just finished reading two excellent books… read on
The Two Most Disarming Words
Posted on Tue, Jan 10 2012 in Blog | 22 CommentsFor a number of years a friend of mine named Craig Detweiler has been taking his communications students from Biola University and Pepperdine University to the Sundance festival… read on
Poland’s Three Uprisings
Posted on Tue, Dec 13 2011 in Blog | 9 CommentsThe week before Thanksgiving, my favorite American holiday, I visited Poland to help the publisher of my books there, Credo, celebrate their tenth anniversary. Warsaw is a lovely… 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.