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A World Without Easter

Philip Yancey — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:45:51 +0000

In the summer of 2022 I visited the charming Alpine town of Oberammergau, Germany. I wandered its leafy streets lined with mural-painted houses, their balconies overflowing with flower boxes. After indulging in ice cream and shopping for the town’s famed woodcarvings, I settled in my theater seat for a five-and-a-half-hour performance of Jesus’ final week ... Read more

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The Sword of Christmas

Philip Yancey — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:29:42 +0000

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword,” Jesus told his disciples, twelve fresh recruits who on hearing that must have wondered what they were getting into. Jesus would later rebuke Peter for wielding a literal sword, and by that ... Read more

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What Makes a Church Toxic?

Philip Yancey — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:50:36 +0000

When I discuss my recent memoir, Where the Light Fell, often I use the phrase toxic church to describe the extreme form of Southern fundamentalism I grew up under. I joke that I’ve been “in recovery,” a process of detoxing, ever since. “Tell me,” asked one podcast interviewer, “What makes a church toxic?” Three characteristics ... Read more

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Disturbing the Universe

Philip Yancey — Fri, 25 Dec 2020 07:38:12 +0000

Unlike 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 my memories of the season are darkened by the shadow of that sadness. For this reason, perhaps, I am rarely stirred by the sight of manger scenes ... Read more

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Big Screen, Little Screen

Philip Yancey — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:28:51 +0000

This week I leave for a trip to Ukraine, Belarus, and Hungary. My first stop, Ukraine, brings to mind memories of the stirring Orange Revolution that occurred there in 2004. In one of my books, What Good Is God, I told the little-known story of an unlikely hero who helped spark that revolution. Like other members ... Read more

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Election Reflections: Bridging the Gap

Philip Yancey — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:23:56 +0000

In its Person of the Year cover story, Time magazine gave Donald Trump the title “President of the Divided States of America.” With good reason. A glance at the electoral map shows solid blue on the west and northeast coasts and, in between, a huge swath of red extending across all but five states. Although ... Read more

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