This year, from August 8th through 11th, the Wildgoose Festival will take place in Hot Springs, North Carolina. It was you and your book that reminded me that mourning and dancing could touch each other; and they actually embraced each other in my life. On page 119 the words discussion of parenthood helped to define my purpose more clearly and keep me focused. This is our home, and this is all weve got. Scott Carpenter, Mecury 7, When youre finally up at the moon looking back on earth, all those differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend, and youre going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why the hell cant we learn to live together like decent people. Frank Borman, Apollo 8, You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. I like the fact that we share the same views. Traveling widely for speaking engagements, he has visited over 85 countries. You made me think more deeper about the world and the humanity. Jimmy Carter, the former president, called Yancey "my favorite contemporary author." Philip Yancey Age. This logic is infuriating. Now get out of my office! It felt wonderful, but Paul used this later to further discredit me [30], claiming that I had meant my demand to leave my office to be permanent. Writing is such an introspective act that I found myself looking for ways to connect with the planet bodily. I wrote a whole book about it, Reaching for the Invisible God. You express depression very well. Not in the church, not in the family. A lot of Christians grew up learning that if you quoted a Bible verse, that was enough. My interests include skiing, climbing mountains, mountain-biking, golf, international travel, jogging, nature, theology (in small doses), politics, literature, and classical music.. Upon my arrival I was told that there was no position for me. The second is the reference to a spirit of deafness and muteness. While the customer support person was helping me he asked several questions about the book. It is a large community of Romanians who would need your help. When we do feel helpless, God cares, but God is no less present or any less caring, or less interested in our prayers when there are some things we think we can do. We were wondering, did you mean that literally or were you speculating? I read your book the question that never goes away. Nobody really knows the full answer to that, he said without hesitationand without defensiveness. I had secretly been afraid that perhaps what I was reflecting and writing and praying about would not be helpful to anyone besides myself. Gratefully, Philip, For the first time in my 40 uears as a Christian, I am able to give Christian books to non-Christians. The Langauge of God ~ Francis Collins. God is still redeeming the world and asking us to participate. How poignant, James. Either virtually or physically. Earlier this evening I was listening to your talk on Suffering & Grace that you delivered at the University of Virginia in 2015. So far, I have not had luck with that pursuit. Yancey has described his earlier self as resentful, wound tight with anger, a single, hardened link in a long chain of ungrace learned from family and church. The pain of his early life gives his words and his witness an authority and authenticity that he would otherwise not have. Its refreshing to me that you dont focus on the distinctions. ' At the time you wondered, Could they seriously believe that?. However, Paul made it a big issue and dragged me along into it. Darwin says it is adaptation to lifes conditions. And yes, Im also so curious how evangelicals can say Donald Trump is Gods choice for us, even when he says he does not need to ask for forgiveness. As a child I was sexually abused. I wish in my heart that I would have had a chance to see you talk when you visited here. God loves me, I wont get the answer to the why and God loves me and God wants a relationship with me. Recently, I came across a copy of your book Reaching for the Invisible God, and I was extremely encouraged by your frank approach to doubt, the mysterious nature of God, and the personification of Him thats so widespread in protestant/evangelical culture. I hope to hear from you. Many of us have been in a daze slightly bewildered and confused. In Christ, He once said to me, There is something I do not understand, Richard. My only problem is taking more than 5 years to finish because when I open it to move forward, ready for some new insight, I go backwards to reflect. Thank you. I am just finishing reading your book Vanishing Grace. I kept hoping that by the last chapter you would say that Richard finally made peace with God and is walking with him (I didnt make the connection with your dedication at the front of the book). Our retreat theme is Grace in a Mans Life and for humor our promo video uses clips from the old TV series MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (see it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1sr3nroq4ivp25/2018%20Men's%20Retreat%20Promo.mp4?dl=0)! I spent a year trying to get a prison chaplain position in the Eden Detention Centre in Texas. The book I referenced above is a second book Im developing, however I have my first book coming out later this spring entitled Amazed Why the Humanity of Jesus Matters. Books are a good alternative. I love Philip Yancey because of his emphasis on Jesus, and how much Jesus loves every human being. The rest of us? No one wore an armband; the deans rules were unquestioned. I always find myself in the middle of realization and reflection. Looking back to being young Christian who needed lots of support I often didnt find the answers I was seeking from the Church. I decided not to send it. You can check both out on Amazon. I felt like I was walking on egg shells as far as my faith and practice was concerned. As a teen I was beaten and abused by my mentally ill mother and sister and ignored by my father. Im writing to thank you for everything you wrote and I had the opportunity to read. Thank you. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. I have two copies right now waiting to be mailed out to people who I imagine might be feeling how I once felt. Rather, I expressed my disappointment that so many evangelicals hold up as their flagbearer a man whose life seems to contradict the most basic principles of our faith. Philip. I teach philosophy in Chicago. Im afraid the only hard copy audibles are cassette tapesthe book has been around for a while! Then we have the darkside, and what beliefs and fuels them, the whispers from the void that quell the light. My question is, more, what good is he? I find the couple of books written by PY challenging, stimulating, interesting etc. It has been long enough that I am not sure what it is going to take to get me to go back. After a considerable amount of pleading, the Lord finally turns away. It would be sweet if youd check it out. I have been reading books on prayer during my devotional time through 2020 and yours was my 14th on the subject. Thank you! Ive been thinking about how that affects my relationship with God. She treated me so badly like a a piece of rubbish totally disgusted with me, and all I had had was SSA thoughts . Hi Philip, 54:17) Which is it Phil? Paul even told me what clothes to wear on the job. Whats So Amazing About Grace helped me see a loving Jesus after years of growing up in the church. My wife and I after 2 years of marriage are still in a discernment process about where to worship. He was one year old when his father was stricken with polio and died after church members suggested he go off life support in faith that God would heal him. Nearly 25 years after Whats So Amazing About Grace? was first published, its message remains relevant, said Yancey. Following Pauls verbal attack, I sent a letter of complaint to Brian and Bridges of Canada head office. It whole heartedly does make a difference! Yancey attended five elementary schools in six years as his mom repeatedly moved to find cheaper rent. The question can basically be summed up as, How can a reflective Christian remain sane while holding an orthodox view of Hell?. Why is one view tolerated and the other not? Lewis Please pray for Bret. I have written two books that might be of interest to you: 1) Subversive Meals, an analysis of the Lords Supper under Roman domination, and 2) Heaven on Earth: Experiencing the Kingdom of God in the Here and Now, which picks up where Dallas Willard left off. I see the Bible as a collection over a couple thousand years, really reflecting a lot of different writers personalities, he said. Absolutely. As far as your examples from history, I think women is a just little too broad for me to comment on it further. Anyway, I know I am preaching to the choir, but it feels good to get some of these things off my chest. YWAM L.A did not want me back the leadership there was very homophobic at the time according to John Dawson the present Chair of YWAM International . Its an ongoing search, and I prefer it that way to the times in church history (think pre-Vatican 2) when the church tells you exactly what to believe and what books are contraband. I wish that he might see that it is obvious God cares about him. I make friends with them, chat, and occasionally buy a hungry lady a pie or a can of juice, or even just fetch them a drink of water. Thanks again for your book. Such places of suffering in Slovenia are only 300. I feel overwhelming gratitude that I can make a living writing about the questions that most interest me. So I started seeking out people I wanted to learn from, people I wanted to be like, and I wrote about many of them in Soul Survivor. The book explains how 13 figuresFrederick Buechner, Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Brand, Annie Dillard, John Donne, G. K. Chesterton, Shusaku Endo, Robert Coles, and Fyodor Dostoevsky, among othershelped his faith survive the church of his youth. I did not listen I had been in the Church Army for 18 years and done an excellent job what did I need to worry about. My Dad was a devoted Christian and he never committed the crime he was accused. Phil, I want to thank you sincerely and hope you always keep on writing! when they find these very activities too much to bear and then the feel guilty because they are not doing what they are being told they should be doing. 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In honor of this Halloween near miss, Ill close with an astronomer and a couple astronauts: There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. Carl Sagan, regarding the view of Earth from space in Time. He also expressed shock and surprise, and assured me in writing that he would order an investigation into my dismissal and the events leading up to it [42] [43]. Whatever I did to deserve all of this must have been just awful, and I feel that I deserve all of this because otherwise God would help me, right? This great Q&A reminded me of a student film I made while at Chapman Universitys film school. You are putting into actual practice what I write about. 2014, What Good Is God? Its identical. Wonderful story, Christina. It has been a number of years since I read your book The Jesus I Never Knew, but I recently picked it up again and used it to describe the incarnation (salt-water aquarium) for a Christian Worldview Course that my wife and I are doing for people. Im not setting out a formula, This is the way God acts; Im just saying this is the most important scene in my life. He coauthored three books with the renowned surgeon Dr. Paul Brand. Thank you and May Almighty God continue to bless you. We look forward to more wonderful books. Phil also told me that Don would make prisoners stand facing the wall on the unit for his whole shift, not allowing them to move. Philip, Very Informative article. (Jam. Even one of my own physical disabilities was used to torment me. I havent actually read the book you mention. And what if He doesnt judge us until we stand before him, and he asks us, Who do you say I am? Perhaps from the day we are born, He lovingly and patiently waits for us to see the light (or answer the phone). I just want to clarify if it was really you that wrote it. Ive recently been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, an illness not considered an illness by everyone but me, the psychologist, and a friend. Thank you! I am not on facebook only email. Currently we are working through Where is God when it hurts . One of his duties was to oversee the Mennonite M2W2 program. If longer, write us a pyasst@aol.com. The saddest result of the Reformation was the splintering and disunity that resulted; Martin Marty estimates 45,000 Christian denominations and sects in the world. Though, like our Lord, we must grow hearts full of forgiveness, we do not extend it to those who have hurt (or, even, harmed) us until these people are first blessed by guilt. and one from the imagined doubts I perceived from others (is her faith not real?). Thank you. Thanks for taking the time, Mr. Yancey. that we should live with death always before our eyes [so that] we will not expect to live on earth forever, but will have one foot in the air. I had never experienced this quote/teaching by Brother Martin and cannot find it in his writings. Now I feel like Im gushing over this book the same way General Loewenhielm couldnt say enough about Babettes Feast. It is the Bible I recommend most to Parents and Students alike (Im a NextGen Pastor). Thank you very much. None apologized ever even though I sought reconsiliation. By Laura Jackson , Mitch Albom , Philip Yancey , Sue Quinones | audible.com Based on a true story, author Sue Quinones records a thought-provoking glimpse into the unknown territory of the mystical forces around us. Ill keep your caution in mind. There was a time when a 76 year old man told me the doctors told him he had a 25% chance of living. Ive been curious about Buechner too. But by your message today, I found Hope in our country. Like you I have been really impacted by the work of Dr Paul Brand, who I first read about back in the 80s as a teenager. Again I was shamed and put down I knew there was no such gay demon, we parted ways . It is a sad story and one that can be repeated, in many ways, by other families. Ive had you in the back of my mind as I have been writing a book the last two years. Philip. For some kind of answer, for some kind of hope, for some kind of a break. In this weather, in this storm, I would never have let the children out, I was anxious they might die the next day: now anxiety is pointless. I think my favorite of yours is Soul Survivor. We always have and we always will.. Why so many interpretations what it But to compare your comments about those who you feel lack truth with Jesus interactions with sinners, I know without any doubt who I would rather have feedback on my life from. The message from that book made me rethink how I viewed not just physical pain but emotional pain. as of now I am doing a book review of your The Jesus I never Knew as a requirement in one of my subject. While on the trip, we worked on a trailer that really needed to be condemned and replaced but since we did not have the money for that, we did what we could to fix leaks and replace the rotting floor. They pass on ugly rumors and they gossip about things that are all stirred up at church, of all places! I have friends who work with the organization G.R.A.C.E. While our life-paths did not run parallel, they sometimes veered close enough we might have offered each other a knowing lookthough my look would have included a touch of pity for you; as a Pentecostal, I had been taught your spiritual experience was deficient. Its long and comprehensive, and helped me greatly in putting together various ways of looking at the Atonement. Its almost completely for your benefit if you choose to do that and essentially of no practical use to me. Prayers, my friend! A big hug in return. Writing is hard work, done in isolation, and the only feedback I get comes from something I worked on months or years ago. Stephanie Martin. You said: The best part is that they all say Have faith or GOD has a plan I know the scriptures and the scriptures are real in my head, not my heart (religious folks in 3..2..1..) How many times does a person have to ask GOD for a relationship and nothing. I started with Where Is God When It Hurts? and I just read Christians and Politics, Uneasy Partners. The Sympathy Cards As a respected scholar you almost certainly know better than I that discrimination against gay people is at its heart discrimination based on gender. The Message by Eugene Peterson is a paraphrase in modern, sometimes casual English which is more subjective, though Peterson is quite trustworthy. A few days later he came back to tell me that the book I had given him was awesome. No lasting effects, other than a sore neck now and then after sleeping. I will forever cherish them. My wife and I often use your books as gifts when we talk to people in need of encouragement or a different bigger picture offered than the one we find in tacky church messages or half-hearted encouragement by fellow Christians. Thank-you very much. I want to thank you for that illustration and for your work, with the Lords strength, in saying things that need to be said. He responded by screaming at me, Leave my things alone! I used to struggle with it too. Regardless of what you believe about evolution, life has changed through the ages. -Emily Kathleen Norris and Richard Rohr are also helpful, especially Rohrs template of Order/Disorder/Reorder. Thank you for your articulate book, which has come the closest to making me re-think my doubts in the whole matter. As a gay Christian, how should I read you concerning same sex relationships? Hoping to have a second career, helping people receive freedom in a life with Christ. Not a d**n thing. Your thoughts please . I tried replying to the initial comment and response you left, but my phone would not let me. I first read, Whats So Amazing About Grace? in 2017 and it has become my annual must-read. You know, I coined the word ungrace in the book. I began to study seriously. I asked Yancey, now 72, what he had learned in the years since his accident, what he would tell the Philip Yancey from 15 years ago. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. or request blog subscription, As I read Christs charges to us, and realize that NONE of us deserve salvation, I am so struck by the number of evangelical Christians who are so quick to judge, condemn, and crucify others. You have had an influence on me, and my great-grandchildren will be the beneficiaries of some of that influence, and may never know your name or read anything you wrote. He was raised up in nearby suburbs. Woodlands Indians were making arrow heads on our farm 1000 years before Eden. I just finished it this morning and found myself reading out loud portions of the final chapter to my husband with tears falling down my face. For me, there are two principles to keep in mind. I just felt the need to let you know this and encourage you to continue! Philip is happily married to his beautiful wife Janet Yancey. Bless you, and thanks! My books are a process of exploration and investigation of things I wonder about and worry about. Yancey writes with an eye for detail, irony, and honest skepticism. Im afraid the only hard copy audibles are cassette tapesthe book has been long enough that I make! 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