Silence Archives | Philip Yancey

Sounds of Silence in Japan

Philip Yancey — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 07:37:33 +0000

Different sounds accompany great disasters. An earthquake begins with the rumble of heaving earth and the crack of fissured faults, followed by the cacophony of books falling off shelves, dishes clattering to the floor, roofs collapsing, and houses sliding off their foundations. A tsunami’s whoosh is quieter, but far more deadly: the ocean itself rises ... Read more

The post Sounds of Silence in Japan appeared first on Philip Yancey.

Grace in Silence

Philip Yancey — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 18:21:24 +0000

For almost thirty years, one book has obsessed the movie director Martin Scorsese: Silence, the celebrated novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo. Now, in a lavish $40 million production, Scorsese’s cherished project has come to fruition. I wrote about Endo’s novel in my book Soul Survivor, and I admit to misgivings about how Endo’s classic work might ... Read more

The post Grace in Silence appeared first on Philip Yancey.