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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Ocean Summer
Posted on Mon, Jul 19 2021 in Blog | 35 CommentsI’ve been dredging my life for recollections to include in a memoir, which will come out in October with the title Where the Light Fell. Here’s a memory… read on
In the Air Again
Posted on Wed, Jun 16 2021 in Blog, Speaker, Travel | 38 CommentsAfter staying home virtually all of 2020, in the Spring of this year I started traveling again. In May I ventured an international trip, accepting an invitation to… read on
The World Outside My Window
Posted on Thu, May 20 2021 in Blog | 34 CommentsFor years I worked out of a basement apartment in Chicago, with a window view of the sidewalk outside. I saw the knees of people walking by, along… read on
My Untold Story
Posted on Wed, Apr 14 2021 in Blog, Writing | 44 CommentsFor as long as I’ve been writing, I have wanted to produce a memoir. I’ve read great memoirs on other religious groups: Frank McCourt’s account of Irish Catholics… read on
A Time to Weep
Posted on Thu, Mar 25 2021 in Blog | 26 CommentsSome days—September 11, December 7—forever stain our mental calendars, and this year March 11 joined those “days of infamy.” The date marked not only the one-year anniversary of… read on
A Time to Fear
Posted on Sat, Feb 20 2021 in Blog | 42 CommentsCOVID-19 is hardly the first pandemic to strike fear across the world. In the 17th century, the Black Death (bubonic plague) swept across Europe in waves. One of… read on
Talking with the Other Side
Posted on Fri, Jan 22 2021 in Blog | 56 CommentsI recently listened to a TED talk in which the speaker asked members of the audience, “Raise your hand if you have a loved one, neighbor, or friend… read on
Disturbing the Universe
Posted on Fri, Dec 25 2020 in Blog | 37 CommentsUnlike most people, I do not feel much Dickensian nostalgia at Christmastime. The holiday fell just a few days after my father died early in my childhood, and all… read on
A Melancholy Thanksgiving
Posted on Thu, Nov 26 2020 in Blog, Writing | 34 CommentsI’ve been working on a modern paraphrase of John Donne’s Devotions, which he wrote in 1623 during a bubonic plague outbreak. One-third of London’s residents would die, and… read on
Showing Us Another Way
Posted on Thu, Oct 22 2020 in Blog | 27 CommentsAgain and again this year, scenes of racial injustice have played out before our eyes. African Americans insist that such incidents are nothing new; the difference is that… 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.