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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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Thanksgiving Derailed
Posted on Thu, Nov 25 2021 in Blog, Travel | 16 CommentsThe year was 1982, one of my first trips overseas. I got a sore neck, turning this way and that to take in the sights of the five-ring… read on
In the Air Again
Posted on Wed, Jun 16 2021 in Blog, Speaker, Travel | 39 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
An Anniversary Worth Remembering
Posted on Tue, Nov 12 2019 in Blog, Travel | 23 CommentsOn a driving trip through Scandinavia I got my first view of aurora borealis, the Northern Lights. In Finland, just twenty miles from the Russian border, I stood… read on
Snapshots from Asia
Posted on Wed, Sep 18 2019 in Blog, Travel | 21 CommentsI traveled to Southeast Asia in late July, in the midst of their steamy tropical summer. The trip began in Singapore, a clean and modern place where, mercifully,… read on
A Refugee Haven
Posted on Mon, Jul 15 2019 in Blog, Travel | 22 CommentsI am flying into Beirut, Lebanon, for a conference, and from the air the city looks to deserve its reputation as “the Paris of the Middle East.” Upscale… read on
Emerging from the Dark
Posted on Thu, Nov 15 2018 in Blog, Travel | 30 CommentsDuring Soviet days the authorities arrested and imprisoned my father, a pastor. He was sentenced to be executed, but Russia was constructing something above the Arctic Circle, so… read on
On the Road Again
Posted on Thu, Jul 19 2018 in Blog, Travel | 28 CommentsI travel to other countries about four times a year, usually at the invitation of an international publisher of my books. This year, for example, I’ve flown to… 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
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.