Philip Yancey's Blog, page 7
July 20, 2020
The Surprising Gift of Solitude
For me, one scene captures the manifold tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic. A friend named Dan was already suffering from Lewy body dementia, a brain disorder that affects... read on
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June 12, 2020
After the Protests and Riots, What?
In Minneapolis, rioters protesting the killing of George Floyd damaged more than 570 buildings and burned 67 businesses to the ground, many of them minority-owned. In my city... read on
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May 18, 2020
Praying All the Way to the Bank
As the statistics on illness and death due to COVID-19 keep rising, the economic statistics keep falling. In March the stock market lost more than $11 trillion in... read on
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April 13, 2020
Passover, Easter, and COVID-19
On Wednesday and Thursday nights last week, as Jews gathered in some virtual way around the Seder feast, they asked, “How is this night different from all other... read on
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March 24, 2020
Living in Plague Times
It’s my own fault. Because I’ve written books with titles like Where Is God When It Hurts, Disappointment with God, and The Question That Never Goes Away, my... read on
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March 9, 2020
The Power of Love and the Love of Power (Shakespeare: Part II)
William Shakespeare knew love, and also its complications. At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, a woman eight years his senior. Six months after the wedding,... read on
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February 17, 2020
What Makes Shakespeare Great? (Part I)
Some years ago I read through all 38 of the plays by William Shakespeare. I chose one night per week, drank lots of coffee, and used an edition... read on
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January 12, 2020
A Time to Doubt
In December I was interviewed by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, who devotes an annual Christmas column to a conversation with a believing Christian. Kristof asked... read on
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December 8, 2019
The Holy Disease
I’ve been speaking to various groups about my recently released book with Dr. Paul Brand, Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image. An orthopedic surgeon by... read on
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November 12, 2019
An Anniversary Worth Remembering
On a driving trip through Scandinavia I got my first view of aurora borealis, the Northern Lights. In Finland, just twenty miles from the Russian border, I stood... read on
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