Death Archives | Philip Yancey

I Am Not Dead

Philip Yancey — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:05:27 +0000

I first came across the “Heartbreaking News” of my death on a YouTube video. A suspiciously artificial-sounding voice reported that I had passed away on October 6 due to complications from stomach cancer. Hmm, that’s news to me, I thought, recalling the misquote attributed to Mark Twain: “The report of my death has been grossly ... Read more

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A Cry of Grief

Philip Yancey — Mon, 29 May 2023 06:27:20 +0000

That first day, I awoke at sunrise in their basement guest quarters. Soft morning light filtered through the trees as cheery birds announced the new day. I opened a book I had brought along for a Zoom book group: In This World of Wonders, by Nicholas Wolterstorff, a renowned Christian philosopher who had taught at ... Read more

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Family Secrets

Philip Yancey — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:57:18 +0000

I’ve been writing a memoir and, like most memoirs, it deals with family secrets. Unplanned pregnancies, abortions, suicides, addictions, extramarital affairs, prison time—often families don’t speak of such events because of shame. However, as this guest blog by David Bannon shows, repressed secrets exert a dark power even if they never get exposed. Perhaps that’s ... Read more

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