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When the Willow Creek Community Church did a survey they found that some in their congregation, and especially their post-Christian friends, thought that all world religions are essentially the same. If their doctrines are similar and point in the same direction, why is it important to choose the “right” one? In response to the survey, … Read more
It’s been quite a Fall season for the Yanceys! In September we made a trip to Bogotá, Colombia, and on the way back stopped off for a few days in the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador. We hiked on muddy trails, visited a butterfly farm and animal-rescue station, traveled from place to place in canoes, … Read more
It’s snowing in Colorado today. Don’t gloat too hard, though, those of you who live in warmer climes. I bet you’ve never seen a flower made spontaneously from frost! (Neither have I–they’re rather rare. I’m still looking though.) When I climb mountains, I marvel at how much beauty goes unnoticed. Whole valleys of wild flowers … Read more
I’m writing halfway through our trip to South America, just as we leave Quito, Ecuador, for a visit to the jungle—we actually will reach our hotel by a 20-minute canoe ride! Yesterday I stood on the equator, with one foot in the northern hemisphere and one foot in the southern. It’s winter here, though, and … Read more
After traveling to Newtown, Connecticut, last December, I put aside other writing projects to write a short book called The Question That Never Goes Away. Even as I was writing it, more tragedies occurred: the Boston Marathon bombings, a fertilizer plant explosion, an earthquake in China, tornadoes in Oklahoma, wildfires in Colorado and Arizona. Meanwhile, … Read more
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