Nature Archives | Philip Yancey

Lessons from an Owl

Philip Yancey — Mon, 19 May 2025 07:19:55 +0000

One day Carl Safina, an internationally celebrated conservationist and ecologist, came across a bedraggled baby owl near death, its feathers matted with fly eggs. He named the owlet Alfie and tenderly nursed it back to life. Over the next few years he kept a record of his efforts to help the young screech owl learn to fly, ... Read more

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The World Outside My Window

Philip Yancey — Thu, 20 May 2021 07:39:45 +0000

For 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 with a glimpse of the occasional squirrel, pigeon, or rat. When I moved to Colorado, the view out my basement office improved dramatically. On the very first day, ... Read more

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The World Before Us

Philip Yancey — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:03:41 +0000

I spent ten days this month in Alaska, at a writing conference sponsored by the author Leslie Leyland Fields. From a small private island just off the large island of Kodiak, Leslie and her family run a commercial fishing operation. The twenty of us who flew in from “the lower 48” had to adapt to ... Read more

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